just edited the comment above to clarify the issue - had been messing with install/index.php to investigate the Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function caGetThemeUrlPath() and forgot to revert it.
When I run this php script, i get this: (redhat 8.0)<BR><BR>Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /home/cybermart/public_html/test/ConnectTest ...