[NTLUG:Discuss] If the php3 list fails to answer a question then who do I ask????

[MadHat]

KungFusion wrote:
> 
> I have php installed on both my Linux Box Redhat 6.0 and an WinNT4 Server.
> On both boxes I am having problems with the Database(DBM-style) Functions. I
> ran phpinfo and it sees the extensions. I don't "need" to use them, I was
> just running through the tutorials and I ran into this problem. I am hoping
> it is not a foreshadowing of problems I am going to run into.
> I get this everytime I run
> $db = dba_open($dbpath, "r", $dbtype);
> 
> Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function dba_open() in
> f:\htdocs/xnet/webmail/index.php3 on line 201
> 
> I followed the docs to the T on setting PHP up properly on WinNT and all
> other php basics work..
> 

On the Linux box, if you use the Red Hat RPM, it does not contain
support for DBM.  Their reason was that there are too many options to
include them all.  This is in the FAQ on the PHP3 site.

http://www.php.net/FAQ.php3#3.3

Talks about it and tells how to fix it.
Don't know about NT. 

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