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XAMPP mysql relative path to xmapp folder

I am having issues with setting up mysql config file for relative paths, therefore I editted the my.ini file.

Static paths work perfectly: tmpdir = "C:/xampp/tmp" datadir = "C:/xampp/mysql/data"

Relative paths aren't (root folder should be xampp I guess): tmpdir = "tmp" datadir = "data"

I cannot imagine that there is no way to achieve relative paths to the project.

Solution

  • You can do that but always start your mysqld server manually (not automatically by windows service) to make sure the current directory.

    From the manual: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/server-system-variables.html