Hi -- is anyone else having difficulties with PEAR::DB?
The list of problems I've been having with it are as long as my arm (the long, thin left arm), but now I'm faced with this:

Debug Warning: DB\mysql.php line 234 - mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client

I post that in the hope someone will recognise it, but my main hope is that someone will know of a resource that might help explain & resolve all the problems I've been having (wierd extension directory settings I can't change, bizzarre errors from PEAR code, etc.).

If anyone can help, MAN, but will I be singing your praises!

Cheers,
   doug.

Common sense is what tells you the world is flat.

It looks like a problem with MySQL, not PEAR DB.

You can always ask the authors of the package, or get help from the PEAR commmunity. The best place to go is the PEAR-GENERAL mailing list.

http://pear.php.net/support/lists.php


Regards,
Rich

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Seems to me that you've got a problem with having a PHP version, which does not support the authentication protocol/password hashing required by the MySQL server, probably because your MySQL db is on version 4.1.1 or higher...

I suggest you either follow the advice of the following link or downgrade your version of MySQL (er, 4.1 probably works well)... Not really the fault of Pear that MySQL would change a few things around.

From:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html

"Note for PHP users: The mysql extension does not support the new authentication protocol in MySQL 4.1.1 and higher. This is true regardless of the PHP version being used. If you wish to use the mysql extension with MySQL 4.1 or newer, you will need to follow one of the options discussed above for configuring MySQL to work with old clients. The mysqli extension (stands for "MySQL, Improved"; new in PHP 5) is compatible with the improved password hashing employed in MySQL 4.1 and higher, and no special configuration of MySQL need be done in order to use this newer MySQL client library for PHP. For more information about the mysqli extension, see http://php.net/mysqli."


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Regards,
- Hans-Christian

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