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Simply compile the mysql function as a php pecl extension and add one line to your php.ini rambling
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Then compile the code on your server:
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1 phpize
2 ./configure
3 make
4 make install

The “make install” should announce where it is copying mysql.so – copy that path. It will likely be
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Then edit your php.ini mysql dba Sherri
Somewhere either in the “Extensions” section or “MySQL” section, simply add this line:
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Restart PHP and mysql_* functions should now be working again. Check your php error log if you have any WordPress.com
problems (should check it periodically anyway). You will also see the MySQL section back in your phpinfo
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Alternately, compile the mysql support into the PHP binary

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thank you, it worked, i have mysql extension on php 7.0.3

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I haven’t understand from the line:

Then compile the code on your server:

May 16, 2016 at 7:40 am

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How to put MySQL functions back into PHP 7 for WINDOWS

May 31, 2016 at 7:15 am

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These instructions are mostly meant for linux environments but if you knew
how to compile on Windows, in theory it should also work. Alternately you
could use the prebuilt php libraries for Windows from Jan-E on
apachelounge.com

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https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=6359

They also include the mysql functions in their builds.

May 31, 2016 at 7:48 am

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Thanks a lot. It works!

May 31, 2016 at 10:41 am

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Really? You want to use mysql_* functions?

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June 10, 2016 at 12:36 am

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 Tested, works. Thanks a lot!!

July 29, 2016 at 3:46 am

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Anonymous

it isn’t working for me..

make install perfectly worked. it gives output path like: /usr/lib/php/20151012. but i
don’t know to what path i should change in extension path in php.ini file.

the default was, extension=/path/to/extension/mysql.so

sandhya
August 27, 2016 at 4:16 am

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can anyone please help?

August 27, 2016 at 5:26 am

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sandhya

Wow, it helped me a lot, thx for this article!

October 31, 2016 at 2:53 pm

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Ralph Metel

Thank you very much,

November 4, 2016 at 3:48 am

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vivek

Thanks a lot!

November 26, 2016 at 1:54 pm

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it’s work!!!
thank you so much. i’ve tried to resolve this problem by a week, but i didn’t.

i have changed from your tutorial the command ./configure in

antonio ./configure –with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config

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February 1, 2017 at 12:08 pm

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March 1, 2017 at 5:19 pm

Alinamib Reply

how to convert mysql code into mysqli quickly ? i have a site based on mysql

http://imeibook.com and not working now because i coded into mysql please
urgent help required

March 6, 2017 at 5:46 am

Waqas Naeem

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Many thanks, this site is extremely practical.|

March 14, 2017 at 9:17 am

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Zachary Mcclave

That’s amazing

I was thinking of creating a wrapper for it.

March 28, 2017 at 12:05 pm

Ahmad Reply

Hey there, this worked for me and it totally saved my life so much!! !!!! But, strange
thing when running PHP from the command line I still get the Call to undefined

function mysql_connect()

August 8, 2017 at 4:40 pm

Pierre

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hey I figured it out!! there are 2 php.ini one under /etc/php/7.0/apache2 and

there is another for cli under /etc/php/7.0/cli. I just needed to add the extension line
in the cli php.ini as well and it made the extension work on php cli as well

August 8, 2017 at 5:01 pm

Pierre

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The extension wasn’t working for me so

Garvit Jain I created a file

nano /etc/php.d/50-mysql.ini

with content

; Enable mysql extension module

extension=mysql.so

not it’s working THanks!

September 18, 2017 at 3:22 am

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thanks, working with installled fengoffice

October 24, 2017 at 9:16 pm

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Anonymous

Hey there,

I know it’s pretty sick to still use deprecated mysql_ext on PHP 7++ … but as i’m

stuck with a mega-old-mega-big Monolith PHP App I’m forced to do so (at least at
the moment until it get’s completely rewritten …)
Andreas S.

The App is working since years without Probs with PHP 7.0 – but now I try to
upgrade it to PHP 7.1 (or even 7.2 later) … but I got Problems compiling the old

mysql Ext with PHP 7.1

/dl/mysql/php_mysql.c: In function ‘zif_mysql_list_fields’:

/dl/mysql/php_mysql.c:1760:19: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer

without a cast [enabled by default]
if ((mysql_result=mysql_list_fields(mysql->conn, table, NULL))==NULL) {

Code:
if ((mysql_result=mysql_list_fields(mysql->conn, table, NULL))==NULL) {
php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, “Unable to save MySQL query result”);

RETURN_FALSE;
}

/dl/mysql/php_mysql.c: In function ‘zif_mysql_fetch_lengths’:

/dl/mysql/php_mysql.c:2372:14: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from

pointer target type [enabled by default]

if ((lengths=mysql_fetch_lengths(mysql_result))==NULL) {
Code:
if ((lengths=mysql_fetch_lengths(mysql_result))==NULL) {

RETURN_FALSE;
}

When I comment those Lines – it compiles fine and it works … but of course those
2 Functions making Problems …

Anyone here who could give me a Hint on how to fix those 2 Code Fragments to
get it to work with PHP 7.1?
 thx
Andreas

February 5, 2018 at 7:15 am

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I’m not using 7.1 yet but those two “errors” appear to only be warnings from

undeclared variable types now being caught by a better compiler – an

oversight but not fatal – does it finish compiling and run/pass tests?

February 7, 2018 at 3:34 pm

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unfortunately not really … also found our what the Problem is …

mysql_list_fields() was removed from mysqlnd … so no wonder it’s

not working anymore …

https://github.com/php/php-
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src/commit/398caf9336a5f6a71439969c7fd610bfaf522b93#diff-
48eed863ec9451a1280e0e2d1d8e45b0

As it’s getting harder to compile with every PHP Version I’ve gone
another way and used a mysql –> mysqli wrapper … took me some
Hours and everything was working fine with mysqli … even this is a
Project with some Million LOCs …

February 7, 2018 at 3:45 pm

I will be sure to follow your other websites. This article is a bit too
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starting out? Thank you so much for clearifing that third point, I’ve
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 Nice guide. I understand why they removed the mysql_query (etc) functions, but
for some legacy sites it is useful to be able to continue to use them.

September 28, 2018 at 1:03 pm

webdevetc Reply

I forgot to say – this worked today (for php7.2 on centos)

September 28, 2018 at 1:04 pm

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webdevetc

Thanks Antonio you are right, I had to add the with php config option because my
Ubuntu came with php 7.2 but I switched to php 7.1 manually to run certain picky
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Larivière frameworks. didnt work until I add the sudo ./configure –with-php-
config=/usr/bin/php-config
note I think the forum transforms two dashes into 1 long weird dash so if you copy
this and it does not work that might be why.

Also in my case it was a little more complex. I had switched php version and
/etc/alternatives my php pointed to 7.1 but both phpize and php-config still pointed
to 7.2 that made it not work. Had to update those 2 as well with:
sudo update-alternatives –set php-config /usr/bin/phpize7.1

sudo update-alternatives –set php-config /usr/bin/php-config7.1

Then was able to ./configure with the Antonio option and finally it worked for me!!
Dont forget to add the extension both for apache and cli php.inis!! so it will work in
php running from the command lines (maybe in cronjobs etc..)

February 14, 2019 at 11:16 am

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This does not work on CentOS 7. First problem is dat you need to install php-
devel. Secondly, the resulting so file will not load: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory), /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so
(/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: mysqlnd_get_client_info)) in

Unknown on line 0
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May 15, 2019 at 4:21 pm

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The solution is to install php-mysqlnd

May 15, 2019 at 5:05 pm

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