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1. dren
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hello,

   I use a local web server on Windows Vista to develop my website and then I take it live on my website's hosting servers. I'm having problems with my local server. I've never had this problem -- I have had WordPress installed on my local machine for years with no problems until about 2 weeks ago. I get the following error when going to my local wordpress site:

   Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.

   This randomly started happening one day and I cannot seem to fix it. I've uninstalled my Apache/PHP/MySQL and reinstalled it with no luck. I've searched the forums and Google for solutions, but every solution states that I need to uncomment the MySQL extension in a configuration file (Which it already is...) so I can't even try all of the solutions everyone has because My Wordpress was working just fine a few weeks ago with no problems.

   If anyone has any idea how to fix this I would greatly appreciate it. I need to keep working on my local server to get a new live version of my website up and running and my schedule is quickly running out. Doing it on a live server is <b>very</b> time consuming.

2. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Perhaps a Windows update or a service pack install has changed the path inclusion or removed libmysql.dll (if it ever was in the system32 folder). Perhaps dropping a copy of that .dll in the system32 folder will solve the problem. Or, check the windows PATH variables and see if the path to the existing libmysql.dll is included. Just a shot in the dark.

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