I think this is actually a "feature" of the client library. If you specify "localhost" it uses the local socket (or named pipe on windows) to connect. To force it to use TCP/IP as you have correctly spotted, use the loopback interface (127.0.0.1)
It has been this way for quite some time as I was aware of this behaviour very early on in my PHP development days which must have been version 3 or 4. -- MySQL Query Browser ignores port number https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155466 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
