Does you /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock exist ?
If not, try connecting through TCP/IP by removing localhost and writing
"127.0.0.1:3306"
- Markus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Goldin (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mysql (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: Newbie on the verge --of connecting mysql/php? --a breakdown?
Please help
> Here's the saga.
>
> 1) I installed php, apache and mysql via redhat seven installation disks.
> 2) problems with mysql
> 3) reinstalled latest mysql from official site. (rpm wouldnt remove
> distributions, so I renamed the old mysql bin files to a .bak extension
> before installing new version on /usr/local.
> 4) Got it going okay, with the execepton that I couldn't change user, host
> and password. (see previous email.)
> 5) Attempted to create a connect interface with php. Here is the code:
>
>
> <?
> $connection = mysql_connect("localhost","desparate", "help") or
> die("Couldn't connect.");
>
> if ($connection) {
> $msg = "Success!";
> }
> ?>
>
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>MySql Connection</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY>
> <? echo "$msg"; ?>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
>
> And here is the error message I get:
>
> Warning: Mysql connectoion failed. Can't connect to local mysql server
> through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'(111) in /ver/w
> ww/html/db_connect.php on line 2.
> Couldn't connect.
>
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>
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