Thanks to all the e-mails regarding this. Looks like RH7.2 (possibly other version as well) put the mysql.sock file in /var/lib/mysql rather than /tmp/
You can edit your php.ini file to look for the mysql.sock file elsewhere. Again thanks to all!! CD Chris Dorr wrote: > I've just installed, manually, php 4.0.5 and apache 1.3.22 on a RH 7.2 box. > > Php does work fine, however it is not able to access the mysql stuff > that I installed. I first was using the PEAR modules and thought > something was wrong with PEAR, but thought I'd better try the regular > mysql_connect stuff. So I did and get an error. Ideas? Mysql was > installed using RPM packages. Installed the same version of server, > client and devel. > > I've got a username and password in the mysql database that I know works. > > Here's the error I'm getting. > > Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in > /home/httpd/htdocs/include/db.inc on line 3 > > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in > /home/httpd/htdocs/include/db.inc on line 4 > ERROR > > > Thanks in advance. > > CD > -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
