When I remane my php.ini file I get /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock When I take the .old of the the end of my php.ini.old and put in my etc directory i don't see any mysql stuff listed. Frank --- Marek Kilimajer <kilimajer@webglobe.sk> wrote: > check your mysql.default_socket setting in php.ini > > Frank Tudor wrote: > > > I can run mysql from a command line. > > > > What I create a connection string using my php.ini file I > get > > > > failure. mysql_connect() errors > > > > My connection string code is very simple: > > > > <?php > > //list_db.php > > > > $link_id = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", > "password"); > > $result = mysql_list_dbs($link_id); > > $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result); > > > > while($db_data = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { > > echo $db_data[0]. "<BR>"; > > $result2 = mysql_list_tables($db_data[0]); > > $num_rows2 = mysql_num_rows($result2); > > while($table_data = mysql_fetch_row($result2)) echo "--" . > > $table_data[0]. "<BR>"; > > echo "==> $num_rows2 table(s) in " . $db_data[0] . "<P>"; > > } > > ?> > > Using this as a test and all my other connection strings > > residing on my include file or one the same page as my code > > fails. > > > > > > > > > > --- Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> > wrote: > > > >>[snip] > >>I have installed Mandrake Linux and it comes standard with > >>Apache PHP and MySQL. You can install all these rpms > through > >>the server selection....Anyway. > >> > >>In my test environment it is function city and of course > >>register globals were on. > >> > >>Now I have Taked my PHP.INI-DIST set the globals to on and > >>copied it to my /etc directory. > >> > >>It worked like a charm....but guess what. I can't create a > >>connection string to my database. Now I have to find a > >>solution > >>to get this website to work with globals on and mysql. > >> > >>I have tried adding an .htacess with the php globals > override > >>thing > >> > >> > >>php_value "register_globals" "1" > >> > >>Ok this didn't work. > >> > >>So I found the Mysql-PHP RPM on my mandrake cd (of course > >>enabling my php.ini file) and it didn't work. > >> > >>I'm getting closer to a solution but I am stuck. Why won't > >>the > >>htaccess file work? I would like to use my php.ini file but > >>it > >>is not configured for mysql, how could I fix this? Is there > >>anything I can do for either of these two questions to get > my > >>globals on? > >> > >>I swear I will never use functions again if someone helps > me. > >>[/snip] > >> > >>Actually this sounds like a bunch of mutually exclusive > >>things. > >> > >>1. Can you run MySQL from the command line? > >>2. Register_globlas has nothing to do with the connection > >>string to > >>MySQL > >>3. Can you show us your connection string code? > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design > software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php