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Databases MySQL

MySQL 5.5.8 GA and PHP 5.3.4 don’t get along with libmysql

Ronald Bradford
December 16, 2010

Today I discovered that you are unable to compile the current stable PHP version 5.3.4 with yesterday’s MySQL 5.5.8 GA release. I was able to download the current MySQL 5.1.54 and compile without issue.

Databases MySQL

Best Practices: Additional User Security

Ronald Bradford
June 3, 2010

By default MySQL allows you to create user accounts and privileges with no password. In my earlier MySQL Best Practices: User Security I describe how to address the default installation empty passwords.