After two days of trying I cracked it. Modify
/etc/my.cnf [client] socket=/tmp/mysock.sock [socket] socket=/tmp/mysock.sock Edit /usr/local/lib/php.ini "mysql.default_socket="/tmp/mysql.sock" Type mysqladmin --socket=/tmp/mysql.sock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- <html> <body> <? $link = mysql_pconnect("localhost:/tmp/mysql.sock", "user", "password") or die ("Could not connect"); Print ("Connected Successfully"); mysql_select_db("test"); $query = "select * from logbook"; $result = mysql_query($query); print "<table>\n"; while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) { print "\t<tr>\n"; foreach ($line as $col_value) { print "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n"; } print "\t</tr>\n"; } print "</table>\n"; mysql_free_result($result); mysql_close($link); ?> </body> </html> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php