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I encounter this problem when configure PHP and mysql on my linux box (Fedora 14).

The problem is when I invoke mysqli_connect(), an error issues:

Call to undefined function mysqli_connect().

while call to mysql_connect() works fine.

I install PHP and mysql manually and also turn on the flag --with-mysql when installing PHP. Can't figure out where things go wrong.

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Mysql-i is not Mysql, these are 2 distinct PHP modules and MySQL APIs. Have a look at PHP's documentation regarding the mysqli installation.

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thanks for your quick reply. So the only solution to my problem is reinstalling PHP?
@Summer_More_More_Tea: Yes. You need to re-do all the steps since ./configure
@Summer_More_More_Tea: Yes, you need an additional configure-parameter for PHP to compile the mysqli extension. According to the PHP docs it should be --with-mysqli=mysqlnd.
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If yum is an option for you, you can simply run the following to install the mysqli extenstion:

yum install php-mysqli

EDIT: Marc B informs that mysqli is included in the core php rpm on Fedora 14. Simply install php via yum (after removing your manual install) with yum install php

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Thank you for the reply. I've followed your advice, but does not work. Maybe I should reinstall the whole PHP.
Fedora 14 doesn't have a seperate mysqli package, it's included in the core php rpm.
Good info, Marc. That means he should just install php itself via yum.
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http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.installation.php says:

To use MySQL Native Driver with mysqli you need to configure the PHP source code using the --with-mysqli=mysqlnd option, prior to building PHP.

In other words, --with-mysql is for a different module (which, as you note, works fine).

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