From aab4919565c1ee59719983edfe6c61a8bfe1ce89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 23:29:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] faq for mysql extension

---
 ChangeLog                 |  4 ++++
 Documentation.html        | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 libraries/common.lib.php3 |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3a5615ed..9f3cf65f9 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2002-07-21 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * Documentation.html, libraries/common.lib.php3: added a faq about
+      mysql extension, and a link to it when the error occurs
+
 2002-07-20 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * tbl_properties*: missing $sub_part for back links (bug 584069)
 
diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 3e2cf2ced..dd3f61287 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -1613,7 +1613,21 @@ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
     these files.
 </p>
 
-
+<a name="faqmysql"></a>
+<p>
+    <b>I receive the error 'cannot load MySQL extension, please check 
+       PHP Configuration'.</b>
+    <br />
+    To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called
+    &quot;MySQL extension&quot;.
+    This extension may be part of the PHP server (compiled-in), otherwise
+    it needs to be loaded dynamically. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension
+    but failed. 
+    <br /><br />
+    Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called
+    &quot;PHP-MySQL&quot; or something similar.
+ 
+</p>
 <a name="faqconfig"></a>
 <h3>[Configuration]</h3>
 
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php3 b/libraries/common.lib.php3
index 8172768e7..0672e93f8 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php3
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ h1    {font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold}
             @dl($extension.$suffix);
         }
         if (!@extension_loaded($extension)) {
-            echo $strCantLoadMySQL;
+            echo $strCantLoadMySQL . '<br /> ' 
+            . '<a href="Documentation.html#faqmysql">' 
+            . $GLOBALS['strDocu'] . '</a>';
             exit();
         }
     } // end load mysql extension