So as a go to set up php for the new server ... i see this at the bottom of the ./configure output...
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| *** WARNING *** |
| |
| You chose to compile PHP with the built-in MySQL support. If you |
| are compiling a server module, and intend to use other server |
| modules that also use MySQL (e.g, mod_auth_mysql, PHP 3.0, |
| mod_perl) you must NOT rely on PHP's built-in MySQL support, and |
| instead build it with your local MySQL support files, by adding |
| --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql to your configure line. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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*argh*
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*sigh*
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