PHP does not have active MySQL support

[christophe33]

hello, my name is christophe from france, i'm 53 years old and my apologies for my english, i'm trying to make a website with coppermine, voila!
but I am facing an error
I'm sure it has already been posted but I can't find it !!!
my error message is:

............................... The following errors have been encountered and need to be fixed first:
PHP does not have active MySQL support ........................

I do not understand, I am a beginner !!!
thank you for your help because I don't know what to do.
best regards christophe

[phill104]

SQL is a type of database system. There are a number ot variations on it from different companies, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL etc. Coppermine can use any ot these to store information about users, images and more in tables. One of these packages needs to be installed by your host for Coppermine or any other package that uses a database to work. So in your case it is probably best to speak to your hosting provider for help.