> Here is more information for you. > I am running: > Fedora core 5 Linux > php 5.14 > apache 2.2.2 > mysql 5.0.22 > > I have added the mysql_error code to my script as you suggested. > I already knew the what the error was by looking in the error logs. > It is, "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)" That means 'permission denied'. Are you sure mysql is running on "localhost" ? Yes, I am sure. FC5 has "selinux" doesn't it - make sure permissions are set up properly for that too. hmmmm . . . Other than I know that it is there, I don't know much about selinux. How do I set permissions for it? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php