Windows XP Firewall, or any other firewall for that matter must be off. Jason
"Sam Hobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have: > PHP Version 5.0.1 > MySQL 5.0.1 > Apache 2.0.48 > Winows XP Pro SP2 > > MySQL is working fine as best as I can see; I have tried the various samples > in the MySQL manual and I have executed the myTest sample provided with > MySQL. They all work. > > However I can't get mysql_connect to work; when I try: > > $conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); > > I get: > > Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect.chm]: Can't connect to > MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) > > The host and user should be correct; I have not changed anything such as > that after installation. The password should still be blank. However I have > tried many, many other combinations but nothing that works. > > Is 10061 an error code? I can't find it in the PHP documentation. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php