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By chaitanya18.p on
Problem is at the "Set up Database" step. It displays the following message:
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Database configuration:
The following installation warning should be carefully reviewed:
Operations on Unicode strings are emulated on a best-effort basis. Install the PHP mbstring extension for improved Unicode support. (Currently using Unicode library Standard PHP)
Your web server does not appear to support any common database types. Check with your hosting provider to see if they offer any databases that Drupal supports.
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What settings I have to change, enable or disable. I think this is also small tricky problem.
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installing php mbstring
Hi mate
All you need to do is add the mbstring module to the PHP installation on your PC
all you need to do if you are running Fedora or any Linux with YUM, is, at a command prompt, enter 'yum install php.mbstring',
and reboot your Linux system.
Need Some more Clarity...
Hi pal,
I am glad to your suggestion. But I need Some clarity on it, since i am a newbie.
You said "add the mbstring module to the PHP". I already enabled "php_mbstring.dll" in php.ini , is that enough ?
I have Vista Ultimate and i want to make everything independently on my localhost. I installed Apache2.2, mysql 5.0.27, php 5.2.3 and drupal 6.12 .
Previously i am success with WAMP and I did the basic configuration settings to drupal.
I think the main problem is the last two lines of the problem i posted
""Your web server does not appear to support any common database types. Check with your hosting provider to see if they offer any databases that Drupal supports"".
Anything i have to do with MySql ?
Hi
Is there any thing else i have to do with MySql before i go the DataBase Setup page, after installing the MySql ? I didn't do anything after installing the MySql db.
Thanking you.
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create a database
Ya I did It man....but still......
Hi
Ya I did It man But Still the same Problem.
"Your web server does not appear to support any common database types. Check with your hosting provider to see if they offer any databases that Drupal supports. "
The Old message still appears in the same step.
thank you
THANKS GUYS I AM THROUGH TO FINISHED STAGE !!
HI
GUYS I AM HAPPY THAT I AM GONE THROUGH THAT HURDLE.
BUT A SMALL PROBLEM.
MY DRUPAL FILES ARE HERE IN THIS LOCATION
C:\PROGRAM FILES\APACHE\HTDOCS\DRUPAL612
WHEN I GO TO THIS LOCATION ("HTTP://LOCALHOST/DRUPAL612/") IN MY BROWSER IT JUST DIAPLAYS THE FILES UNDER DRUPAL612 FOLDER. THAT MEANS THE INSTALL.PHP IS NOT WORKING AUTOMATICALLY, I THINK. AND WHEN I CLICK A LINK (ADMINISTER, CREATE ACCOUNT, MY ACCOUNT AND EVEN LOGOUT) IN MY SITE HOME PAGE IT THEN REDIRECTS TO THE SAME FILES LIST.
WHAT MAY BE THE REASON OR SOLUTION.
TILL NOW I AM MANUALLY SELECTING INSTALL.PHP WHEN I AM INSTALLING DRUPAL AND INDEX.PHP TO GO TO MY SITE HOME PAGE.
THANK YOU
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A) please don't type in all caps, its hard to read
B) is php installed on your machine?
you state in the opening of this thread that you are using WAMP. If that is the case why is your drupal not put in your wamp/www folder?
Ya Did it ....
Hi
I Installed MySql5 and also created db for drupal. I am individually configuring everything for drupal on my localhost machine. I finished my drupal installation.
When I go to "http://localhost/drupal612/" (drupal612 is a folder in which drupal files are there) it displays like this and when click on "index.php" it takes me to my site home page. Then when i click on any link( My account, Create content, Administer, Log out ) in that page it again brings back here.
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Index of /drupal612
Parent Directory
CHANGELOG.txt
COPYRIGHT.txt
INSTALL.mysql.txt
INSTALL.pgsql.txt
INSTALL.txt
LICENSE.txt
MAINTAINERS.txt
UPGRADE.txt
cron.php
includes/
index.php
install.php
misc/
modules/
profiles/
robots.txt
scripts/
sites/
themes/
update.php
xmlrpc.php
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