Hi The host name is localhost, username: root, and the password is blank "". If you have selected the option to allow anonymous login during installation you can even give the user name and password dboth blank. It will log you in as an anonymous user. Chetan Dattaram Rane Software Engineer -----Original Message----- From: Forcey [mailto:forcey@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 10:08 AM To: Chris Cc: bruce; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: mysql_pconnect issue On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > bruce wrote: > > hi... > > > > running into a problem that i can't seem to solve... > > > > using mysql_pconnect() and i'm trying to figure out what parameters have to > > be used in order to connect to a local mysql session, where mysql is > > accessed using the defaults (ie, no user/passwd/hostIP) > > Use 'localhost' for the host, no idea what you'd use for the user/pass, > but mysql requires a username at least. If you're not entering one, it's > using the username you are logged in as. > I guess the default user is 'root' and password is empty. - forcey > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php