missing MySQL?

I cannot install wordpress 1.5. The error message is “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.”

I am using a friend’s server. It is using:

freebsd
php v. 5.0.3
apache 1.3.33 with mod_rewrite
mysql 4.0.22

php works and mysql works. Is there anyway to tell if they work together?

The config file is copied below, with the variable values changed.

<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘foo’-user’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘foo-password’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

// Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database.
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’

// Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’
// to enable German language support.
define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

/* Stop editing */

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
?>