markusjais@xxxxxx wrote:
> when connecting to MySQL 4.1 using PHP 5 and PEAR::DB I get this error:
>
> DB Error: connect failed
>
> a closer look gets this:
>
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 'localhost' (2)
>
> the code for the connection is like this::
>
> ========
> public static function getConnection() {
> $mysql_user = "myname";
> $mysql_password = "secret";
> $mysql_host = "localhost";
> $db_name = "mydb";
> $dsn = "mysqli://$mysql_user:$mysql_password@$mysql_host/$db_name";
> echo $dsn;
> $db = DB::connect($dsn);
> if(DB::isError($db)) {
> echo $db->getMessage();
> }
> return $db;
> }
> =======
>
> the DSN looks correct:
> and in the php.ini I set the following option:
>
> mysqli.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
>
> this is where the socket for mysql access is.
> then I restarted apache and mysqld.
>
> the MySQL Server is running. I can connect via mysql on the command line
> but not with PEAR::DB.
>
> I am using PHP 5, the latest PEAR::DB, Apache 1.3 on a Redhat 7.3 System.
You could try using ODBC to connect to the DSN, I think, and maybe see if
it's the DSN itself that is messed up...
Assuming that DSN means the same thing in 'DB' as it does in 'ODBC', which
may be a completely invalid assumption on my part...
Perhaps try changing 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1' in case your DNS and
/etc/hosts are messed up somehow.
I suppose you could even try changing localhost to
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' -- not that I think it will work, but it's the
kind of desparation thing I always try, and end up learning something
from. :-)
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