Thanks for the tips everyone. I figured it out this morning. My pg_hba.conf file had local set to peer sameuser instead of trust. I don't know how that happened. On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 16:11, timothy_maguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > on my server, I have 'http' registered as a user for my database. you can > try that. > > Or you can add the user=username password=password to the pg_connect() > function. > > Tim. > > Timothy P. Maguire > Web Developer II > Harte-Hanks > 978 436 3325 > > > > > Jeff Self > <jself@xxxxxxxxxxx To: timothy_maguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > news.va.us> cc: pgsql-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Not able to connect to server from PHP > 01/22/2002 04:18 > PM > > > > > > > Ok, I tried this and this is the error message I get now: > > Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: user > "www-data" does not exist in /var/www/personnel/include/database.inc on > line 9 > Could not connect to database. > > www-data is the user and group for apache. I don't know what to make of > this. > > Here's my database.inc file: > > <?php > // > // database.inc > // > // Database Information > > $dbname = "personnel"; > > $conn = pg_pconnect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=$dbname"); > if (!$conn) { > echo "Could not connect to database."; > exit; > } > ?> > > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 15:54, timothy_maguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > When I connect I don't like to use the user name attribute. You might > also > > want to try the port attribute. > > > > Try something like this: > > > > $conn =pg_connect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=personnel") or die > > ("unable to connect to Internal DB"); > > > > Tim. > > > > Timothy P. Maguire > > Web Developer II > > Harte-Hanks > > 978 436 3325 > > -- > Jeff Self > Information Technology Analyst > Department of Personnel > City of Newport News > 2400 Washington Ave. > Newport News, VA 23607 > 757-926-6930 > > HARTE- HANKS PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION- if you are not the > addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not > use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any > information herein and should delete this message. > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html -- Jeff Self Information Technology Analyst Department of Personnel City of Newport News 2400 Washington Ave. Newport News, VA 23607 757-926-6930