On Monday 09 December 2002 00:29, Brian J. Celenza wrote:
> Hello!
>
> When trying to connect to a mysql database under my linux system, I get the
> following error:

How did you install your apache, mysql & php? Source/RPM? If RPM, where did 
you get the RPMs? IIRC Redhat's packaging of MySQL differs from that provided 
by www.mysql.com and this difference could potentially cause the problem 
you're seeing ...

> Warning: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /webroot/dbconnect.php on line 2
>
> Here is a copy of the code I am using:
>
> <?
>
>     $link =  mysql_connect("localhos" , "username" , "password")
>             or die("Couldn't Connect.");
>   ?>

... assuming that the above really is a typo and you _are_ using 'localhost' 
and not 'localhos'.

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