My bad... I didn't read thoroughly.
I didn't know you actually need to recompile to fix that, if you don't
wanna specify it in mysql_connect each time... I thought might be a
php.ini option or something.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:01 AM
To: Matthew Loff
Cc: 'Gaylen Fraley'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP installed - MySql Server can't connect
Right, that is basically what I said.
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Matthew Loff wrote:
>
> Maybe his mysql.sock file isn't in /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock?
>
> Mine is /tmp/mysql.sock
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 1:31 AM
> To: Gaylen Fraley
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP installed - MySql Server can't connect
>
>
> This happens when the mysql server you are running is different from
> the version of the mysql library php was linked against. If you
> compiled php using "--with-mysql" you get the mysql client library
> that comes bundled with PHP which may not match your mysql server and
> thus may look for the mysql.sock file in the wrong place.
>
> To fix this, either figure out where your mysql.sock file is and
> specify it directly in your mysql_connect() call (see
> http://php.net/mysql_connect) or recompile PHP against your system's
> mysql client library by using "--with-mysql=/usr" assuming your mysql
> client library is in /usr/lib/mysqlclient.*
>
> -Rasmus
>
> > PHP install went perfectly. phpinfo shows MySql installed. But,
> > when
>
> > I try to start Mysql, I get:
> >
> > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
> >
> > What and why?
> >
> > Please reply to my e-mail address if you can help. Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Gaylen
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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