[PHP-DB] MySQL socket error From: Tmcomp69 <email protected>
Date: 11/29/01

Hi
I'm having a really big problem at the moment (or at least my server provider
is and it's gettting abit tiresome!)

I've been using PHP/MySQL combo for a looong time, and never come across this
error before, and I don't know exactly what is causing it.
There's a new installation of php4.04 pl and MySQL 3-23-39 on red hat, but
when I try and run my usual php_connect I get the following error: -

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through
socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in testfile.php on line 2

Anyone have any ideas what is causing this (or more to the point how to fix
it - is it a configuration file issue, and if so which one?)

Thanks

Tom

--part1_44.171de6dc.293805d8_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hi

I'm having a really big problem at the moment (or at least my server provider
is and it's gettting abit tiresome!)

I've been using PHP/MySQL combo for a looong time, and never come across this
error before, and I don't know exactly what is causing it.

There's a new installation of php4.04 pl and MySQL 3-23-39 on red hat, but
when I try and run my usual php_connect I get the following error: -

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through
socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in testfile.php on line 2

Anyone have any ideas what is causing this (or more to the point how to fix
it - is it a configuration file issue, and if so which one?)

Thanks

Tom
(If you reply to me direct, please use tom-mathews <email protected>
, not the borrowed AOL address that this has just been sent from!)