I am runing RH 7 Mysql (installed of RPM), Apache (compiled version) and PHP 4.0.4pl1 configure command './configure' '--with-xml' '--with-apache=../apache_1.3.19' '--enable-shared-pdflib' '--enable-track-vars'
I am trying to connect to a mysql database using the following: <html> <Body> <? echo "Php is starting here<br>"; $host = "localhost"; $user = "root"; $password = "password here"; $database = "webgen"; echo "trying to connect to $host as $user<br>"; $db = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password) or die ("Connection could not be established<br>"); echo "Connected<br>"; echo "End of PHp.<br>"; ?> </body> </html> and I am getting the following error Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) in /home/webgen/public_html/index3.php on line 10 I have tried to recompile PHP using --with-mysql but it wont compile even if I specify the mysql location. It claims it cant find mysql.h runnig locate mysql.h brings back nothing. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]