Php configuration issue with libmysqlclient

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Hi ,

I am getting  below issue while configuring php 5.3.3 with below command

./configure --with-apxs2=/local/apps/rxapi/apache/bin/apxs --with-openssl --with-mysql=/opt/mysql/mysql --enable-dbase --with-libdir=lib/64 --prefix=/local/apps/rxapi/php5.5.3 --with-config-file-path=/local/apps/rxapi/php5.5.3 --disable-cgi --with-gd --with-zlib --with-gettext --with-gdbm

checking for MySQL support... yes
checking for specified location of the MySQL UNIX socket... no
configure: error: Cannot find libmysqlclient under /opt/mysql/mysql.
Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!

RaiderOfTheLostSPARC

Did you check config.log for the exact errors?

Christopher Jones-Oracle

Unless you have a specific need to use libmysqlclient, then use PHP's mysqlnd driver instead.  Configure PHP by using --with-mysql=mysqlnd.  See MySQL :: MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual :: 22.9.5 MySQL Native Driver (Mysqlnd) and PHP: Mysqlnd - Manual

Also unless you really, really, really need the old insecure 'mysql' extension then use either mysqli or PDO_MYSQL instead. These can be configured with --with-mysqli=mysqlnd and --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd