Title: MySQL Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# MySQL Error

 *  [rectorjm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rectorjm/)
 * (@rectorjm)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-error-7/)
 * Details
    Windows Webserver 2008 Wordpress 2.9.1 PHP 5.2.12 MySQL 5.1.42
 * I get the following error when attempting run for the first time wp-admin/install.
   php
 * Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required
   by WordPress.
 * Path setup, PHP php_mysql.dll set in config, path to libmysql.dll set. Tracked
   down and checked every suggestion/setup detail here first. No luck!
 * Any ideas or help appreciated!

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 * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/)
 * [MySQL extension](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql-extension/)

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 * Last reply from: [rectorjm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rectorjm/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-error-7/)
 * Status: not resolved

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