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1. darianva
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi All,
   I have done a manual deployment of WordPress on a Windows 2008 Server R2.
   PHP on its own is functioning, however trying to render http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php gives me a error about mysql.
   Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.
   Am I required to have MySQL working even tho I will be using a SQL server?
   I have already edited the config file to point the config to the remote SQL server with its user login/password.
   Any help regarding WordPress and SQL server and this error would be greatful.
   I have read articles about uncommenting the mssql.dll in the php.ini, but I am curious if this is required if I am not using mysql.
   Thanks
   Darian

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Am I required to have MySQL working even tho I will be using a SQL server?

   Yes. WordPress uses MySQL. - not SQL.

3. darianva
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Are you saying this article is invalid:
   http://wordpress.visitmix.com/development/installing-wordpress-on-sql-server/comment-page-1#comment-394

   I have followed the doc, and the issue I have is when i uncomment the SQL server driver in the php.ini I get a 500 error for the php test that appears like the fastcgi handler fails:
   HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
   c:\php\php-cgi.exe - The FastCGI process exited unexpectedly

   anyone have experience with getting the SQL server drivers installed and loaded on Windows?

   thanks
   darian

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