Re: [PHP-DB] RE: Help for a beginner

[email protected] (Andy Shellam)
Newsgroups php.db
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
> 
> The default installation of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 adds a line to the Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts which causes network functions (database connect functions too, like mysql_connect) to timeout when connecting to "localhost".  To resolve this problem, remove the entry from the hosts file:
> ::1             localhost
> 
> or connect using the IP address, 127.0.0.1 or another domain name.


Just FYI, this is also the default on newer Linux versions - Ubuntu 9.10 being a prime example.  Connecting to "localhost" creates an IPv6 connection.  Some utilities (e.g. telnet) fall back to trying IPv4 if the v6 connection fails.

Regards,
Andy
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