Re: [PHP-DB] php script connect to mySQL problem

2002-01-06 Thread Vu Hoang Huynh
Yes, mysqld was running. Username and password were provided via this function call $db = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password"); I have to same problem when trying to connect to mysql server whenever I use any user other than root. So basically whenever I try to run "mysql" using root

Re: [PHP-DB] php script connect to mySQL problem

2002-01-06 Thread Miles Thompson
Is mysqld running? Username? Password? At 08:30 PM 1/6/2002 -0500, Vu Hoang Huynh wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm a newbie to PHP and mySQL and I'm currently running PHP+mySQL on my >Linux 2.2.16 kernel. Every time I try to connect to mySQL from a php page, I >get this error message: > >ERROR 2002: Can'

[PHP-DB] php script connect to mySQL problem

2002-01-06 Thread Vu Hoang Huynh
Hi all, I'm a newbie to PHP and mySQL and I'm currently running PHP+mySQL on my Linux 2.2.16 kernel. Every time I try to connect to mySQL from a php page, I get this error message: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mys ql.sock' (111) What does that m