Trouble installing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on CentOS

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Hey guys, first time using CentOS and first time trying out any OS other than Windows! It's also my first Dedi (I know I know, I'm not doing well so far...)

Here's the problem, I can install the basics easily using:

yum install httpd
yum install php
yum install mysql
yum install mysql-server
yum install mysql-devel

And they all run fine, but when I install PHPMyAdmin, I get the same error every time: "Cannot load mysql extension. Please check your PHP configuration. - Documentation"

Now this is a commonly known problem, and the fix is simple, uncomment a line in php.ini. Which of course doesn't work for me! I've been at this for 2 days now and can't get anywhere, I really want to use the yum stuff as it's incredibly simple to install and maintain.

PLEASE can anybody help?

Much appreciated and thanks for taking the time to read!

 

[Redgie]

Probably missing some packages.
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EDIT: IT WORKS, OH MY GOD IT WORKS THANK THE LORD! (If I were a religious man ^^).

Thank you so much man it is hugely appreciated. I don't know what fixed it because I did them all at once but I'm thinking probably the PHP as all the others were already done. Thank you so much!