Re: [PHP] PHP-MYSQL Error: Can't connect to MySQL socket. Can someone help me out please?

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Rahul <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am using Fedora Core 4. As I was unable to use PHP or MySQL together, I
> uninstalled both of them and installed again using the following commands:
>
> yum install mysql
>
> And then
>
> apt-get install php php-devel php-gd php-imap php-ldap php-mysql php-odbc
> php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc curl curl-devel perl-libwww-perl ImageMagick
>
> And then started the mysql server.
>
> I am able to connect to the server from the console my typing
>
> mysql -h <hostname> -u root -p <mypass>
>
> However, when I try to connect to mysql through PHP I get the following
> errors:
>
> PHP Warning:  mysql_query(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /export/home/rahul/may/sample.php
> on line 5
> PHP Warning:  mysql_query(): A link to the server could not be established
> in /export/home/rahul/may/sample.php on line 5
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> Can someone please help me out?


what is the hostname you are typing at the command line and what is the one
you are using when trying to connect from php?  when using mysql, you will
have to have a separate entry for localhost connections.

-nathan