Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45150&edit=1
ID: 45150 Comment by: iswald at yahoo dot com Reported by: conor dot kerr_php at dev dot ceon dot net Summary: MySQL functions cannot be used with 5.3.x on Vista when using "localhost" Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: MySQL related Operating System: Windows Vista PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-07-23 (snap) Block user comment: N New Comment: Same problem, 127.0.0.1 works, but localhost times out in MySQL, though not SQL Server. Went to add 127.0.0.1 localhost to the hosts file, however, it was already there. Not Fixed. Needs better documentation at least, even if it is a MS problem. (PHP 5.3.3.0, MySQL 5.1.51, Windows Vista SP 2, no Apache) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-11 16:32:18] zarlean at yahoo dot com I got this to work in Windows 7 (Apache 2.2, PHP 5.3.3, MySQL 5.1.44) by adding the line 127.0.0.1 localhost to the hosts file in C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-06 11:18:20] u...@php.net Bogus AKA duplicate http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48082 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-06 08:51:40] songchongzhan at gmail dot com Did you disable networking on windows. I use MySQL Query Browser connect to MySQL, it has MySQL Error Number 2003. Use mysqli connect to MySQL, it return like what you post:[2002]..... And I use named pipe connect to MySQL by MySQL Query Browser, it is OK, by php 5.3.x does not support it util now. Try to open MySQL network connection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-06 19:10:38] and...@php.net PLEASE READ THIS : http://blogs.iis.net/donraman/archive/2010/06/11/php-5-3-and-mysql-connectivity-problem.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-11 08:30:30] kiewic at gmail dot com Same problem with Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. Why isn't this a bug? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45150 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45150&edit=1