On Aug 21, 2007, at 15:22, Branden Timm wrote:

Hello, I've just installed: apache2 mysql5 +server php5 +mysql5 +apache2 +pear

However, I can't seem to locate the mysql.so extension anywhere in my system. If I am correct, I need to specify this in my php.ini file so that it can talk to my database. Am I missing something here?

You don't need to specify anything in php.ini. I understand that on Windows that was necessary, but on other OSes, mysql support has simply been compiled into your php binaries and is now always available.