Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() windows

frank — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 23:21:58 +0000

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect()

Solution

Find out which php.ini you are using. If none, create one from php-development.ini or else and paste it in let say c:\php5\

Unescape extension_dir like this:

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
; http://php.net/extension-dir
; extension_dir = "./"
; On windows:
extension_dir = "ext"

Unescape these two extensions:

extension=php_mysql.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll

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Setup basic Apache+PHP server on Windows for development

frank — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:34:09 +0000

These installation files are from the great Apachehaus builds that have lot of features packaged in. I suggest you go there first to get the latest version while following this blog.

Files

httpd-2.4.20-x64-vc14.zip
Visual Studio 14 (2015) runtimes if you don't have (httpd.exe will fail to start with specific error about VCRUNTIME140.dll missing otherwise)
php-5.6.20-Win32-VC11-x64.zip
Apache httpd.conf sample file

Installation

Create a folder c:\dev if not existing
Extract httpd-2.4.20-win64-VC14.zip to c:\Apache24
Extract php-5.6.20-Win32-VC11-x64.zip to c:\php5
Save httpd.conf to c:\apache24\conf\ (Right-click | Save As)
Test the installation by running in a cmd.exe : c:\apache24\bin\httpd.exe

Set as startup

Open a cmd.exe as Administrator
cd to C:\apache24\bin
httpd -k install -n "Apache24"
Open Apache Monitor in the tray and start the service

Et Voilà!

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