phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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dmkst56
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phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

Post by dmkst56 »

Please help me!

Two days ago I installed the latest versions of PostgreSQL, PHP and phpBB. PHP and PostgreSQL both work fine, but the phpBB installer doesn't recognise my PostgreSQL installation! I have no idea why and I've never had this kind of thing before... I'm running on Win2k8 with IIS7.

Any help would be appreciated a lot!

Thanks!

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Re: phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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You need to ensure the PHP postgres extension is installed and enabled.
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Re: phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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Thanks for the quick reply. Would you be so kind as to tell me how to do that, because I'm not sure. I have a php file that consists of a call to phpinfo() and when loading it, I can see that the config has the --with-postgresql option or whatever it is. But if I scroll down the list, I see no mention of PostgreSQL. The php_postgres.dll file (or whatever it is) is in the ext directory as well as in the same directory as php-cgi.exe.

Do you think it would matter that there is a space in the install directory of PHP? I've never seen it like that before, but the installer had it in C:\Program Files\PHP by default and all I did is add a 5.

Edit:
I've already made the extension=php_postgres.dll line is in the php.ini config file.

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Re: phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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Edit the php.ini file and to enable the extension.

Should need a line such as

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externsion=php_postgress.dll
it might already exist but be commented out. More info: http://uk.php.net/manual/en/pgsql.setup.php
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Re: phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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Thanks,

It's not commented out. I've already been to the php.net page for installing Postgres but found it utterly useless...

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Re: phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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Have you created a phpinfo() page to ensure that the extension was enabled?
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Re: phpBB won't recognise PostgreSQL?

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I have a phpinfo() page, yes, but how do I use it to check that Postgres is enabled? I have already looked through it and I see no mention of PostgreSQL.

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