Ocs installation error

hello, i’m trying to install ocs 2.3.6 on xampp 7.3.1 with php 7
i’ve downloaded the new ocs 2.3.6 from git to bypass the string class problem but im getting this error

Fatal error : Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_pconnect() in C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\lib\adodb\drivers\adodb-mysql.inc.php:373 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\lib\adodb\adodb.inc.php(476): ADODB_mysql->_pconnect(‘localhost’, ‘ocs’, ‘ocs’, ‘ocs’) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DBConnection.inc.php(136): ADOConnection->PConnect(‘localhost’, ‘ocs’, ‘ocs’, ‘ocs’) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DBConnection.inc.php(120): DBConnection->connect() #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DBConnection.inc.php(77): DBConnection->initConn() #4 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DBConnection.inc.php(53): DBConnection->initDefaultDBConnection() #5 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DBConnection.inc.php(221): DBConnection->DBConnection() #6 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DBConnection.inc.php(232): DBConnection::getInstance() #7 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\classes\db\DAO.inc.php(50): DBConnection::getConn() #8 C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\plugins\paymethod\paypal\PayPalDAO.inc in C:\xampp\htdocs\ocs\lib\pkp\lib\adodb\drivers\adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 373

thanks

hi @samanalmufti,

My hunch is that OCS 2.3.6 is not compatible with PHP 7. You may want to try a PHP 5.x version first. Alternatively, try using mysqli instead of mysql as your database driver name in your config.inc.php file.

Cheers,
Jason

And actually, see @asmecher’s post here: OCS unavailable after PHP upgrade - #4 by bianca

Thanks @jnugent i will try to use mysqli