Problems connecting to MySQL via PHP

I have MySQL running on our server with Apache and php4. If I try connecting to MySQL server via php I get the error: Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) in... The socket is there and is created when MySQL

Re: Problems connecting to MySQL via PHP

Make sure the directory /var/lib/mysql is world readable and searchable. Craig Pickup wrote: I have MySQL running on our server with Apache and php4. If I try connecting to MySQL server via php I get the error: Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server