MySQL 4.1.12 and PHP 4.4.0

I upgraded my MySQL into the latest version, MySQL 4.1.12 and it surely changed a lot, especialy in the password column and also the character set being used (now it supports for UTF-8). I have to recompile my PHP so that it will include mbstring extension, needed by the phpMyAdmin and also MySQL. At first, i was faced with so many errors, including a miss type parameter for including mbstring in the PHP's configure script. Luckily, the PHP Developer Team helped me by giving me the correct syntax. Finally, i made it and now it's working normally again just like when i use MySQL 4.0.24.