First time user here, and as the subject describes, I’m having trouble installing openemr per the instructions listed on the corresponding wiki page. I’m running Windows 10 Home 64-bit. The installation gets to “step 3” and then displays an error (see below). Any suggestions for how to proceed? Thanks in advance.
**Step 3
Configuring OpenEMR…**
Connecting to MySQL Server…
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\classes\Installer.class.php:457 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\classes\Installer.class.php(103): Installer->connect_to_database(‘localhost’, ‘root’, ‘’, ‘3306’) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\setup.php(327): Installer->root_database_connection() #2 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\classes\Installer.class.php on line 457
Which version of XAMPP are you trying? If you are trying the PHP 7 version and not an PHP 5 version, that would likely explain the missing mysql_connect() function.
It’s far easier to install the Package than it is to install XAMPP & OpenEMR separately.
The only pitfall is extracting the download to some place other than C-drive. If you extract to C-drive, it should go smoothly. If you extract to elsewhere, it would not be possible to turn on MySQL nor Apache from xampp-control.
Would suggest that you delete your present xampp folder & install the Package. .
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