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Asked: 2026-06-03T05:06:21+00:00

I am trying to install pdo_mysql on my CentOS server. I have PDO installed

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I am trying to install pdo_mysql on my CentOS server. I have PDO installed already; phpinfo() tells me that pdo_sqlite is active.

So I run the command

pecl install pdo_mysql

However, this errors out with the message

checking for MySQL support for PDO... yes, shared
checking for mysql_config... /usr/bin/mysql_config
checking for mysql_query in -lmysqlclient... no
configure: error: mysql_query missing!?

I’ve ensured that the extensions have been declared in my php.ini, also.

I’ve had a look around on the web and can’t find anything to help.

Oh, and if it matters, I’m running PHP 5.3.3.

Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ll post the solution here in case it helps others.

    I tried running

    yum install php-mysql

    but kept receiving the error

    Error: php53-common conflicts with php-common

    Solution was simple (just not obvious to me at first) just run

    yum install php53-mysql

    Apache restart and PDO_mysql working.

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