Erm......I'm using windows.....
And euh....I have MySQL installed, but I don't know if it's running. Anyway,
the phpinfo() returns that "MySQL" is enabled.....so I guess it must be
working.....
""Julia A. Case"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> first off, is the MySQL database running? you can do a ps -xa | grep
> mysql to see... second you need to enter a username and password on the
> mysql_connect line..
>
> Hope this helps,
> Julia
>
> Quoting [Inf] F!RE-WALL ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Yo,
> >
> > I'd like to use a MySQL database on my website. If I look at the PHP
details
> > of my site (see for yourself at
http://infinity.shrimpwars.be/phpinfo.php)
> > it says under the MySQL section: "enabled". Well, if I create a testpage
> > with this as content:
> >
> > <?
> > mysql_connect("localhost", "", "")
> > or die ("unable to connect to database");
> > ?>
> >
> > I get this:
> >
> > Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server
> > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) in
> > /clans/infinity/mysql.php on line 2
> > unable to connect to database
> >
> > If I run the script on my local machine I get this:
> >
> > Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on
> > 'localhost' (10061) in e:\webserver\phptest\mysql.php on line 2
> > unable to connect to database
> >
> >
> > What is wrong? Do note that I don't know much about MySQL, I'm still
> > learning :-P
> >
> >
> >
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