in your pg_hba.conf must set a line with the follow: local all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust local all all IP.OF.YOUR.MACHINE YOUR.GATEWAY trust and in your postgresql.conf must set the port = 5432 without the comment restart the postgresql and it must work Regards Nilson > I?m a PHP/PostGRE newbie. I?m getting this error: > > Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not > connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host > localhost and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? . in > /export/home/tsc/a/delete-action.phtml on line 156 > Couldn't make a connection! > > This is the code I?m trying to run: > $connection = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=address user=address > password=address"); > > This is my pg_hba.conf > local all all password > > This is the output of ?netstat ?an | grep 5432? > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 27649 > /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 > > I?m able to do ?psql ?u address? and supply and username and password as > any > Unix user defined in the system. > > > Can anyone tell me what I?m doing wrong? Thanks. > >