install prob for phpmyadmin

[fishie]

hi all,

i tried installing phpmyadmin. failed with the error ;
"cannot load MySQL extension,
please check PHP Configuration."

i am
- on RH 9.
- [root@localhost root]# php -m
Running PHP 4.2.2
Zend Engine v1.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Zend Technologies
- mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.54, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386)

anyone had the same prob on how to get it working?
am a n00b here. any help would be much appreaciated.
TIA!

[iBuddy]

im having the exact same problem