Or just specify the socket path right in your mysql_connect() call.
-Rasmus
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Jay Paulson wrote:
> well i just compiled php again and that still didn't solve the problem... i
> guess i just need to keep recompiling php until i get that variable set to
> the right thing?
>
> thanks,
> jay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jay Paulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "php" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] MYSQL_SOCKET
>
>
> > > the variable MYSQL_SOCKET is set to /tmp/mysql.sock and i need it to
> > > be /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock is there anyway i can set this variable
> > > in php?
> >
> > >From http://php.net/mysql_connect :
> >
> > resource mysql_connect ([string hostname[:port][:/path/to/socket] [,
> string username [, string password]]])
> >
> > The reason you have this discrepancy is that you didn't compile PHP
> > against a version of the MySQL client library that matches the version of
> > the MySQL server you are talking to. Probably because you didn't specify
> > --with-mysql=/usr when you built PHP.
> >
> > -Rasmus
> >
>
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