Thanks for al your help and i di that and now i have another error Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) my code is as follows:
<?php print "hi"; mysql_connect('localhost', 'root','') or die(mysql_error()); echo "Connected to MySQL<br />"; print "connected"; ?> if u can help in this i ll appreciate that a lot On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 13:37 -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > You need a login id and password unless this is test DB added under > ID "root" > You have to use the same login id as the one you created the > db/table with. > > mysql_connect('localhost', 'Login id', 'pw') or die(mysql_error()) > > mysql_connect('localhost', 'root') or die(mysql_error()) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Adel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:06 PM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: php and mysql > > > I have a severe problem that php5 cannot connect to mysql and i > don't > know why > also i am using linux > here is my peice of code > :<?php > print "hi"; > mysql_connect('localhost', '', '') or die(mysql_error()); > echo "Connected to MySQL<br />"; > print "connected"; > ?> > if their is any configuration please tell me > > thanks, > mary > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]