MySQL ver. correct but install fails- OSX

[pinkfrankenstein]

OK, I found an answer to my problem. The PHP command:
mysql_get_client_info()

returns the version of mysqlnd which is like a PHP plugin (sort of) and not the version of MySQL running on the Macintosh. I'm currently running PHP 5.3, I don't know if this is changed in later versions.

So no matter what version of MySQL you are running, this value of "mysqlnd 5.0.5-dev - 081106 - $Revision: 1.3.2.27 $" will always be returned.

In order to determine the version of MySQL you have to run this:

Code:

    <?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pword');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
printf("MySQL server version: %s\n", mysql_get_server_info());
?>

Best just to comment out the piece of script that seeks to verify the version as mentioned above.