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Drupal 6.6 and Mamp

December 10, 2008 - 8:06pm

Joined: 12/02/2008

I am trying to install a local copy of Drupal using MAMP. I set up the database the way that I did with Drupal 5, but when setting up Drupal 6, it wants a MYSQLI database, when MAMP lets you set up a MYSQL. If I try to set up the database in Drupal anyway, it just reloads the page without letting my get anywhere. Help?

December 10, 2008 - 8:29pm

Rob Feature

G&G Podcast Host

Joined: 06/01/2006

MySql

Is this a new site (from scratch?). Or are you importing/upgrading an existing site?

Drupal 6 will detect if your server can do MySqli and use it if it can. If it doesn't detect that, it will just give a MySql option on install. Recent versions of MAMP will do both...I normally use mysqli. If yours isn't maybe you haven't updated MAMP in a while.

If it's an existing site, go into your settings.php and change your database designation line to mysql instead of mysqli if it's necessary. Everything else will work as expected.

-Rob Feature
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.mustardseedmedia.com

December 10, 2008 - 9:52pm

dbabbage

Joined: 09/05/2008

May be same bug...

This may be a bug I've been (thinking of) trying to track down... If so you can progress by manually putting your database name and user-pass details into the settings.php file...

July 21, 2009 - 6:16pm

Michael C

fixed

In the settings.php file be sure and add "i" and port "8889" to the database connection path as so:
$db_url = 'mysqli://root:root@localhost:8889/drupal';