On Wednesday 22 September 2004 03:43, Chris Dowell wrote:
Sam Hobbs wrote:
I am not assuming; that is why I am asking this question. You really can
say the same thing except without the emotions. You can simply state the
fact that as far as you know it is not a PHP problem. It really,
[snippy]
Sam Hobbs wrote:
Um.. you do realize you have more problems than php not being able
to connect to the database.
This is the type of unproductive comment that causes problems. The only
reason you are saying this is because you are desperate to make me wrong.
You have exhausted
[snip]
I definitely mind. I don't believe in rewarding bad behavior. It is
reasonable to contribute to the productive development of solutions, but
the attitude in this group is not productive. I have the impression that
the
real reason you want answers is so that you can continue in unproductive
I definitely mind. I don't believe in rewarding bad behavior. It is
reasonable to contribute to the productive development of solutions, but the
attitude in this group is not productive. I have the impression that the
real reason you want answers is so that you can continue in unproductive
Sam Hobbs wrote:
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Would you mind spilling the beans? I'm sure everyone is dying to know what
the
resolution of this thread is.
I definitely mind. I don't believe in rewarding bad behavior. It is
reasonable to contribute to
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Sam Hobbs wrote:
I have posted over 12,000 messages in the CodeGuru.com Visual C++ forum,
Do you have a life ?
I hope the moderators protest posts such as this.
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Sam Hobbs wrote:
I have posted over 12,000 messages in the CodeGuru.com Visual C++ forum,
Do you have a life ?
I hope the moderators protest posts such as this.
i
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Would you mind spilling the beans? I'm sure everyone is dying to know what
the
resolution of this thread is.
I definitely mind. I don't believe in rewarding bad behavior. It is
reasonable to contribute to the productive
Sam Hobbs wrote:
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Sam Hobbs wrote:
I have posted over 12,000 messages in the CodeGuru.com Visual C++ forum,
Do you have a life ?
I hope the moderators protest posts such as this.
Moderators? You're in the land of
uh huh.. was it your firewall :) :) it was wasnt it.. im so bad, im so
bad it hurts, but i solved your problem, so come on, a cookie or
something..pat on the head, or how about, thanks for helping.
Jason
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* Thus wrote Sam Hobbs:
And the relevant portion of that says external access, which is not
applicable here. I do not see anything else on that page that is
relevant.
what is relevant? only the last one? :sigh:
I don't
Curt Zirzow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Um.. you do realize you have more problems than php not being able
to connect to the database.
This is the type of unproductive comment that causes problems. The only
reason you are saying this is because you are desperate
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Being obstinate and contrarian does nothing to help resolve your problem.
This is more unnecessary and unproductive comments. Since you did not have
something relevant and productive to say the best thing to do is say
Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I am able to connect now.
I'm sorry that you feel its a time-consuming process. I'm sorry that
you are confused about
Sam Hobbs wrote:
I have posted over 12,000 messages in the CodeGuru.com Visual C++ forum,
Do you have a life ?
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Matthew Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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You should check as XP SP2 firewall is turned on by default.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242
Saying You should check assumes I did not check.
I did check. I said as far as I know it is off. I am
On Saturday 18 September 2004 21:04, Sam Hobbs wrote:
Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I am able to connect now.
Would you mind spilling the beans?
That is the type of comment that causes problems. Reasonable and
knowledgable people know it is not true and saying it just causes problems.
Of course, many people would advise to just ignore comments such as that and
I will in the future. I just want to make it clear for the benefit of others
Sam Hobbs wrote:
Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I am able to connect now.
I'm sorry that you feel its a time-consuming process. I'm sorry that
you are
oh booh, i replied to that, explicitly detailing you can simply
allow an open port for mysql rather than drop the whole firewall.
Yes this type of comment cuases problems, or in your case, fixes your
problem... at least your mysql connection one. so are you saying im
unreasonable, and
, September 18, 2004 10:35 AM
To: Sam Hobbs; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does not connect
oh booh, i replied to that, explicitly detailing you can simply
allow an open port for mysql rather than drop the whole firewall.
Yes this type of comment cuases problems, or in your
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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The firewall is relevant depending on your circumstances. In any case it
would
take you all of one minute to disable your firewall to test out this wild
far out suggestion. At the most you would have lost one minute but
Markus Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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It is our experience at my employer that the firewall in XP-SP2, as well
as
other firewalls that are available, are very relevant.
Thank you. I have not seen anything that states that explicitly. I doubt
that SP2 makes
It is innacuracies such as this that make it difficult for me to pursue the
useful suggestions.
Chris Dowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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All this is irrelevant; while you're still trying to use MySQL 5 with
mysql_connect() instead of mysqli_connect(), it WILL
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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IIRC the OP did have a successful test case when connecting from the mysql
client.
Yes, I did get it to work.
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The MySQL functions work fine in php5. It just doesn't support all the
features available in MySQL = 4.1.0. Unlike php4, support for MySQL
isn't bundled in php5, but when enabled, it works.
Thank you. I will try to
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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IIRC the OP did have a successful test case when connecting from the mysql
client.
For whomever is interested, see my mess(ages) in the php internals.
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The last paragraph refers to me :) and im quite proud of it now, ive
printed some of your emails out, and i keep them around, they really do
make me smile, not becuase im so much an a$$hole, but becuase, youve
already said, that altering your firewall allowed you to connect.
Which not so
snip lots of garbage
OK, I'm going to jump in and try and take a stab at this.
Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I'll also add that your understanding of firwalls is lacking.
Regardless of where your server is (local or
Markus Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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It is our experience at my employer that the firewall in XP-SP2, as well
as
other firewalls that are available, are very relevant.
Thank you. I have not seen anything that states that explicitly. I doubt
that SP2 makes
Steve Brown wrote:
snip lots of garbage
OK, I'm going to jump in and try and take a stab at this.
Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I'll also add that your understanding of firwalls is lacking.
Regardless of where your server
Hey, the reason it doesnt come in to play for you in linux, is becuase
mysql by default will connect through a unix socket, and not over
tcpip. The unix socket is a connection thru the filesystem and not the
network. Also, in linux, there is a virtual device for lopback, and the
firewall i dont
Jason Davidson wrote:
Hey, the reason it doesnt come in to play for you in linux, is becuase
mysql by default will connect through a unix socket, and not over
tcpip. The unix socket is a connection thru the filesystem and not the
network. Also, in linux, there is a virtual device for lopback,
On Friday 17 September 2004 23:23, Sam Hobbs wrote:
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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IIRC the OP did have a successful test case when connecting from the
mysql client.
Yes, I did get it to work.
It would help in diagnosing your problem if you told us
Windows likely has some sort of loopback device, but i dunno how it
works
Ive also come accross people complaining that SP2 has funked up local
connections for various server/clients. However, ive seen firewalls
cuase problems for mysql on both windows and linux, so ya.. who
knows... Sam knows..
Another test you might do , is use something like tcpdump to snif your
network to see exactly how its attempting to connect, then you could
ascertain on your own (as you dont beleive me) if mysql is connecting
over the network or through the filesystem.
Jason
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 17 September 2004 23:21, Sam Hobbs wrote:
Again, it is okay to say this once but it is not useful to keep insisting.
I am smart enough to be aware of the possibility and if and when other
possibilities have been exahausted I would have tried the possibility of
disabling the firewall
On Saturday 18 September 2004 02:30, Jason Davidson wrote:
Hey, the reason it doesnt come in to play for you in linux, is becuase
mysql by default will connect through a unix socket, and not over
tcpip. The unix socket is a connection thru the filesystem and not the
network. Also, in linux,
hehehe.. im actually looking forward to reading responses on this
thread..
funny stuff.
Jason
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 17 September 2004 23:21, Sam Hobbs wrote:
Again, it is okay to say this once but it is not useful to keep insisting.
I am smart enough to be
On Friday 17 September 2004 22:56, Sam Hobbs wrote:
It definitely takes more than a minute. It takes nearly a minute just to
logoff one user and I often have another user, the Administrator account,
also logged in. If the Administrator account is not lgged in already, then
I must log in to it
From: Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hehehe.. im actually looking forward to reading responses on this
thread..
Whatever happened to those monthly stat posts? most posts, most posts per
thread, etc...?? Who was doing that? I haven't seen one in a while.
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Im not sure who was doing that. i missed that stuff i think.
Jason
John Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hehehe.. im actually looking forward to reading responses on this
thread..
Whatever happened to those monthly stat posts? most posts, most
Amazing how long that thread is -- must be a record. Seems to be classic case
of 'ignore-the-obvious' or 'my-mind-is-made-up. Don't-confuse-me-with-facts'.
Perhaps I should start a new thread:
[PHP} Can't get NULL to output anything!
hehe
Andre
On Friday 17 September 2004 03:11 pm, Jason
John Holmes wrote:
From: Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hehehe.. im actually looking forward to reading responses on this
thread..
Whatever happened to those monthly stat posts? most posts, most posts
per thread, etc...?? Who was doing that? I haven't seen one in a while.
---John Holmes...
I
* Thus wrote Sam Hobbs:
And the relevant portion of that says external access, which is not
applicable here. I do not see anything else on that page that is relevant.
what is relevant? only the last one? :sigh:
Curt
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John Holmes wrote:
From: Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hehehe.. im actually looking forward to reading responses on this
thread..
Whatever happened to those monthly stat posts? most posts, most posts
per thread, etc...?? Who was doing that? I haven't seen one in a while.
---John Holmes...
* Thus wrote Sam Hobbs:
I appreciate your attempts to help, but you must understand that when
attempts to help just cause time to be wasted, then it might be appropriate
:sigh:
Curt
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-- Original message from John Holmes : --
Whatever happened to those monthly stat posts? most posts, most posts per
thread, etc...?? Who was doing that? I haven't seen one in a while.
---John Holmes...
Bill Doerrfeld
HAHAHA, this thread is awsome though, you all must admit the humor
involved here. I hope this thread continues for a couple more days.
or here is an idea for a thread
{PHP} globals.asp wont set my php vars
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Amazing how long that thread is -- must be a record. Seems
* Thus wrote Sam Hobbs:
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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The firewall is relevant depending on your circumstances. In any case it
would
take you all of one minute to disable your firewall to test out this wild
far out suggestion. At the most you
[PHP} Can't get NULL to output anything!
hehe
Andre
Check your firewall.
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This whole thread has degraded to the point of:
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
and I'm not helping it.
-Original Message-
From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does not connect
* Thus
hahahaha, what can i do in 30 minutes... hmm.. install almost any linux
distro, most windows distros.. i could disbaled and enable my firewall
about 180 times i could read just one of the long winded emails how
i obsfuscate the thread with irrelevant solutions and wild suggestions
of
.
-Original Message-
From: Jennifer Goodie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does not connect
-- Original message from John Holmes : --
Whatever happened to those monthly stat posts
HAHAHA, this thread is awsome though, you all must admit the humor
involved here. I hope this thread continues for a couple more days.
or here is an idea for a thread
{PHP} globals.asp wont set my php vars
Firewall.
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that takes the cake. :D :D
J
Matthew Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[PHP} Can't get NULL to output anything!
hehe
Andre
Check your firewall.
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:34:18 -0700 (PDT), Matthew Sims
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Check your firewall.
I would but I don't have 30 minutes to spare. Too busy walking my
lizard.. or something.
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Did you just top post? Top posting === evil;
-Original Message-
From: Jason Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does not connect
HAHAHA, this thread is awsome though, you
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:41:28 -0600, Chris Gregors
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This whole thread has degraded to the point of:
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
and I'm not helping it.
Well.. could you at least not top post while you're not helping..
Trying to keep this dignified and stuff. :)
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Andre
On Friday 17 September 2004 05:08 pm, you wrote:
Did you just top post? Top posting === evil;
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From: Jason Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does
[snip]
Thanks for the input, Jay! I prefer top posting since you get the answer
first, then the question (iff you're interested enough to scroll down --
sigh
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[/snip]
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posting === evil;
-Original Message-
From: Jason Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does not connect
HAHAHA, this thread is awsome though, you all must admit the humor
involved
On Saturday 18 September 2004 05:17, Greg Donald wrote:
Well.. could you at least not top post while you're not helping..
Trying to keep this dignified and stuff. :)
I think everybody who is anybody who had a point to make has already done so.
Can we bury this thread now?
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] mysql_connect does not connect
HAHAHA, this thread is awsome though, you all must admit the humor
involved here. I hope this thread continues for a couple more days.
or here is an idea for a thread
{PHP} globals.asp wont set my php vars
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Amazing how long
.
Jay Blanchard wrote:
Did you just top post? Top posting === evil;
-Original Message-
From: Jason Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect does not connect
Jay Blanchard wrote:
[snip]
Thanks for the input, Jay! I prefer top posting since you get the answer
first, then the question (iff you're interested enough to scroll down --
sigh
-- I'm too lazy :)
[/snip]
.siht ekil rewsna dluohs I nehT
did you do that with strrev() or type it out by hand?
On Thursday 16 September 2004 11:06, Sam Hobbs wrote:
It is my understanding that the firewall is not supposed to be relevant. I
have not seen anything saying it is supposed to be. If it is true that it
is not supposed to be relevant, then simply saying it is just causes
confusion. If you had
On Thursday 16 September 2004 05:06, Sam Hobbs wrote:
It is my understanding that the firewall is not supposed to be relevant. I
It is our experience at my employer that the firewall in XP-SP2, as well as
other firewalls that are available, are very relevant.
have not seen anything saying it
All this is irrelevant; while you're still trying to use MySQL 5 with
mysql_connect() instead of mysqli_connect(), it WILL NEVER WORK
Sort that out first before you start worrying about firewalls - you
can't test the firewall if you can't ever have a successful test case.
Cheers
Chris
Markus
On Thursday 16 September 2004 17:52, Chris Dowell wrote:
All this is irrelevant; while you're still trying to use MySQL 5 with
mysql_connect() instead of mysqli_connect(), it WILL NEVER WORK
Sort that out first before you start worrying about firewalls - you
can't test the firewall if you
Chris Dowell wrote:
All this is irrelevant; while you're still trying to use MySQL 5 with
mysql_connect() instead of mysqli_connect(), it WILL NEVER WORK
Sort that out first before you start worrying about firewalls - you
can't test the firewall if you can't ever have a successful test case.
i am in total agreeance of this post. Sinse the 'flame' war is
primarily between me and everyone else, especially sam hobbes, (not the
first time either), no more contributiuons to this thread from me. I
hope it gets resolved, and i hope it gets posted as much so others can
search the archive of
I appreciate your attempts to help, but you must understand that when
attempts to help just cause time to be wasted, then it might be appropriate
to not appreciate the help. Then when I try to explain that you are not
helping, you make comments such as this, trying to blame me. If I am the
Greg Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I lost track of who the original poster was, but anyway...
Why not disconnect from the internet, turn off all the firewalls, and
then see if it works. If it doesn't then post some error messages and
code for what's being
Good day, im glad you seem to have resolved your problem, i shall
comment on your comments.
Sam Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I appreciate your attempts to help, but you must understand that when
attempts to help just cause time to be wasted, then it might be appropriate
to not
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:06:11 -0700, Sam Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am the original poster. The reason I avoid doing things like that is
because it is a guess. It should not be necessary; the firewal should not be
relevant. Sometimes people suggest things that are not likely to be a
Greg Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Yeah, seeing how we don't have physical access to your system that's
all you will get is guesses and suggestions. If you want definative
answers, hire a consultant, bring them to your pc, and pay them to fix
it.
I have
Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Now that you have figured out, that it is possible its your firewall,
which, many, and i think you claimed before was impossible, what
exactly makes you sure i said anything invalid.
It is my understanding that the
Windows XP Firewall, or any other firewall for that matter must be off.
Jason
Sam Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have:
PHP Version 5.0.1
MySQL 5.0.1
Apache 2.0.48
Winows XP Pro SP2
MySQL is working fine as best as I can see; I have tried the various samples
in the
Also, a google on the error returns hundreds of results..
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=enie=UTF-8q=Can%27t+connect+to+++MySQL+server+on+%27localhost%27+%2810061%29btnG=Searchmeta=
Jason
Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Windows XP Firewall, or any other firewall for that matter
Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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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
Sam Hobbs wrote:
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Windows XP Firewall, or any other firewall for that matter must be off.
Jason
Can someone else confirm that this is correct?
It's not correct.
For one thing, when I use MySQL directly outside of a web
John Nichel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I don't know anything about WindowsXP or it's 'firewall', but you _may_
have to open the port for which you have MySQL running on. I haven't
followed this thread, but if MySQL, and your php enabled webserver are on
the
Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Also, a google on the error returns hundreds of results..
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=enie=UTF-8q=Can%27t+connect+to+++MySQL+server+on+%27localhost%27+%2810061%29btnG=Searchmeta=
Yes, I could have searched more
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
Sam
Your problem probably does stem from the extension not being installed.
You say you're using (IIRC) mySQL 4.1
This requires you to use the mysqli extension, not the mysql extension
As you're on windows, it's probably just a case of uncommenting the
extension=php_mysqli.dll
line in your
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Also, a google on the error returns hundreds of results..
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=enie=UTF-8q=Can%27t+connect+to+++MySQL+server+on+%27localhost%27+%2810061%29btnG=Searchmeta=
One thing I did find in the
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
Jason Davidson wrote:
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
Possible i should have checked your configurations, however, to itterate
my point slightly, here is some documentation, you may find it usefull
regardless of how you connect to your db.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Can_not_connect_to_server.html
Jason
Sam Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
Hey, i understand that, :) however, a firewall may restrict _any_
access to a port, and if you are connected thru TCP/IP, then that port
may be restricted even if 'local'. It is still a client server
relationship regardless where client and server reside.
Of coarse, this may not be the issue
And for more testimonies, sinse i fear im getting absolutely no credit
for having any knowledge of mysql and php.. :P (i say that in jest of
coarse)
search this in google and see how many people fixed the very problem by
disabling or adjusting the firewall.
Of coarse, this may not be the issue he is having, but it is an issue i
have dealt with before, as retarded as you all seem to think it is.
I lost track of who the original poster was, but anyway...
Why not disconnect from the internet, turn off all the firewalls, and
then see if it works. If
Note that there is a difference between the php_mysqli and the php_mysql
extensions. I have both php_mysqli.dll and php_mysql.dll in my PHP501\ext
directory, but I don't have the extension=php_mysqli.dll line in my
php.ini file. Is that something that should be in the php.ini (with a ; to
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Jason Davidson wrote:
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
And the relevant portion of that says external access, which is not
applicable here. I do not see anything else on that page that is relevant.
Jason Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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ok, well, i just posted a link for you to check out, it gives insight on
how
There is an issue with sp2 and loopback, you can argue all you like, but
many have had this problem, and many have resolved it. Mysql will not
connect through udp, it will use tcp. If you supply a hostname in your
connect function, it will use tcpip to connect over a port, if oyu dont
supply a
ok, your the boss on this, i give up :) what does experience provide
anyways..
the important thing is, i can connect to my mysql database :)
Jason
Sam Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And the relevant portion of that says external access, which is not
applicable here. I do not see anything
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