ok, well, i just posted a link for you to check out, it gives insight on how mysql connects on different platforms, this will of use to you i think, the last few bullets in the page i linked to are of some importance to your error msg which says, cant connect to localhost, and not, cant connect through socket...
again, link,, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Can_not_connect_to_server.html Jason "Sam Hobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The firewall I am using is ZoneAlarm, the free version. I am nearly certain > that it does not allow specific ports to be opened, at least not for > specific addresses. So if this were a requirement, probably many others > would have that specific problem. > > However if nothing else works, I will try to look into this further when I > have time. At the moment I must spend time on something else. > > > "Jason Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The webpage of coarse, is not local, regardless of where its hosted, so > > a firewall will come into play when trying to connect. > > You dont have disable it, i should have been specifc i suppose, you must > > allow for the mysql port to be open. :) > > Whats for others to confirm, try it yourself and see if it works. > > > > Jason > > > > "Sam Hobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> "Jason Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Windows XP Firewall, or any other firewall for that matter must be off. > >> > Jason > >> > >> Can someone else confirm that this is correct? > >> > >> For one thing, when I use MySQL directly outside of a web page, it works. > >> The sample C program works. > >> > >> For another thing, I doubt very immensely that everyone using > >> mysql_connect > >> does not use a firewall. Even if anyone else does, I will not. It would > >> have > >> been quite unreasonable for the developers of PHP to develop software > >> with > >> that requirement, but I doubt it was. > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
