MySQLi installation PHP 5.5.8 Windows

Question

When I use phpinfo(), I don't see a table starting with MySQLi. I do see a table for mysqlnd, but I'm not sure what that is. However, when I go to command line and type php -m mysqli is there. mysqli_connect() fails, so it appears that its not actually installed.

MySQL 5.6 is installed. My PHP version is 5.5.8 on Apache 2.4.7 for Windows.

PHP is installed in C:\php, extension_dir = "ext", enabled php_mysql.dll and php_mysqli.dll, so I'm not sure why this doesn't work. Have I missed a step somewhere?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. As I see, it doesn't load when the path is relative. Try with absolute path, e.g.

extension_dir="C:/php/ext"

It worked for me!