Ok major breakthrough! I have installed all the RPMs generated by theese SRPMs: mysql-4.1.9-1.src.rpm php-5.0.3-2.src.rpm mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.src.rpm sqlite3-3.0.8-3.src.rpm Now, I will post the phpinfo output so that you can see something that is important. For those who don't know this, php uses "mysqli" extension to manage mysql-4.1.x queries. THIS MODULE IS NOT INCLUDED... so i can't use mysql 4.1 with php5 I have noticed that the extensions are loaded dynamically. you just have to make a x.ini in a directory listed in the phpinfo file (i think is /etc/php.h/modules). There, you can find the mysql.so extension but not the mysqli.so. I would like to try and build the mysqli.so extension to see if it works. I know i can't use mysql and mysqli at the same time, so it doesn't matter anyway. For the rest (php5), so far works great! one more thing. In the directory "/usr/src" there was only the "redhat" directory... now i can see anotherone called "debug" and it contains the following dirs: mysql-3.23.58 php-5.0.3 any suggestions or ideas? phpinfo output file: http://www.woralelandia.com/build-output/phpinfo().html -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org