To add to the previous comment, the root cause of the problem was the following error, caused by mysql support not being sufficiently enabled within php.
"Call to undefined function: mysql_pconnect() in /usr/share/php/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 373"
Someone less ignorant may want to comment on whether my solution is proper and secure.
To add to the previous comment, the root cause of the problem was the following error, caused by mysql support not being sufficiently enabled within php.
"Call to undefined function: mysql_pconnect() in /usr/share/ php/adodb/ drivers/ adodb-mysql. inc.php on line 373"
Someone less ignorant may want to comment on whether my solution is proper and secure.