By default, PHP 5.x comes with true MySQL turned off. Or at least it did at one point. Maybe they've relented and turned it back on in the stock install.
But if MySQL was turned off in PHP, that's why you wouldn't get it to work. It's an issue with PHP, not the game. 
---Jamin
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Diablo 3 Lead Designer Jay Wilson: “The development of a Blizzard game is sometimes a long affair. This is how long it took us to be ready.”
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