mysql functions php cli

Question

I'm trying to run Symfony on my new Macbook Pro but I have no luck getting it to work with the command line scripts.

With every symfony task related to a database connection the following message appears:

"Couldn't locate driver named mysql"

So I tried testing mysql from the interactive php commandline script. No luck there to.

php > mysql_connect();
PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in php shell code on line 1

But running the mysql_connect function in the browser does work.

I already found out that php uses a different php.ini for cli scripts but I've had no luck editing that to work with the mysql commands.

Does anybody know whats wrong here?

Thanks in advance!

Btw, I don't use MAMP or anything like that, just the standard php installation from osx snow leopard 5.3+ and installed mysql.

Did you ever figure this out? I've been bashing my head against this all day. — abeger, Oct 27, 2012 at 23:31

user80776user80776 · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-21 14:32:04Z

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Have you tried using the --php-ini flag to explicitly specify the INI file to load? I.E.

php --php-ini /etc/php.ini -f myfile.php

answered Jul 21, 2011 at 14:32

user80776

Thanks, but that isn't the solution. I found the cli php.ini and copied the one used for non cli to the cli php.ini but that doesn't make any difference
– frietkot
Jul 21, 2011 at 16:57
@frietkot Have you tried running phpinfo() from within the CLI? That will give you the 'Loaded php.ini' file (If there is one)
– user80776
Jul 21, 2011 at 19:36

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