How do I install the pdo_mysql driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1?

Question

I have a RHEL box running PHP 5.3.3, which was installed using the binary packages provided by yum. I have installed the php-pdo package:

# yum info php-pdo
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Installed Packages
Name        : php-pdo
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 5.3.3
Release     : 3.el6_1.3
Size        : 168 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : rhel-x86_64-server-6
Summary     : A database access abstraction module for PHP applications
URL         : http://www.php.net/
License     : PHP
Description : The php-pdo package contains a dynamic shared object that will add
            : a database access abstraction layer to PHP.  This module provides
            : a common interface for accessing MySQL, PostgreSQL or other
            : databases.

It appears to be working correctly for SQLite databases, but not MySQL. There's no file including pdo_mysql.so in /etc/php.d, and there is no copy of pdo_mysql.so in /usr/lib64/php/modules.

I'm pretty sure I just need the driver file and a line in the PHP configuration. A yum search pdo mysql didn't turn up any useful packages, and Google has failed me. If I were on Ubuntu or Debian, I'd apt-get install php5-mysql and be done with it.

So ... where in Red Hat land do I get a copy of pdo_mysql.so, and install it properly?

Answer 1

You probably want to install the php-mysql package:

Name       : php-mysql
Arch       : x86_64
Version    : 5.3.6
Release    : 1.w5
Size       : 210 k
Repo       : installed
Summary    : A module for PHP applications that use MySQL databases.
URL        : http://www.php.net/
License    : PHP
Description: The php-mysql package contains a dynamic shared object that will add MySQL database support to PHP. MySQL is an
           : object-relational database management system. PHP is an HTML-embeddable scripting language. If you need MySQL
           : support for PHP applications, you will need to install this package and the php package.