Hello, Jean-Christian IMbeault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've installed PHP from source and MySQL 4.0.9 from rpm on my RH 9 > machine. > > When I try and connect from php using mysql_connect() I get the > following error: > > Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through > socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > The server is up and running and I can connect fine using the command > line client. > > Do I need some special configuration? > > Any advice appriciated!
Not sure but you can try this: First, using the command line client, check whether you're using the correct socket. mysql> status; Then, make sure that you have the same entry inside "/etc/my.cnf". (Or, you can just change the value inside my.cnf to point to /tmp/mysql.sock- -and see if it works.) Restart mysqld after making any changes... HTH, - E - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo! http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
