Hi > > You could try using mysqli_options(), but I do not know if that supports > this setting yet. The PHP documentation does not mention it, and I am > unable to test it myself at the moment. Just occured to me, even if the setting is not directly supported yet, you can create a separate configuration file for this setting the client to use the plugin (enable-cleartext-plugin) then: mysqli_options(MYSQLI_READ_DEFAULT_FILE,'myother.cnf'); to use those settings on the connection. -- Niel Archer niel.archer (at) blueyonder.co.uk -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php