Help with PHP to MySQL db connection

2004-09-29 Thread Andrew Lietzow
Hola, MySQL wizards. I'm using LAMP on Fedora Core 2. Some kind soul produced a tutorial on the net and the first script, birthdays_create_database.php, I am trying to use yields an error in the browser of: Couldn't connect to MySQL Here is the script. ---

RE: **[SPAM]** Help with PHP to MySQL db connection

2004-09-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] $dbhost = 'localhost'; [/snip] Try changing this to 127.0.0.1 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help with PHP to MySQL db connection

2004-09-29 Thread Wesley Furgiuele
This is really just a PHP question, I think. Are MySQL and Apache running on the same machine? What version of MySQL are you running? Typically, you need a PHP mysql_connect() call including the MySQL host, username, and password. You only list the host above. With a default installation of