[Techtalk] at wit's end with PHP to MySQL

[Linda]

Yes, MySQL is running.

My PHP script is very simple.
<?php
	$link_id = mysql_connect("localhost", "", "");
?>




On 30 Jan 2002, at 20:38, James wrote:

> Are you sure MySQL is running?  Could you post your PHP script that you
> are using to try to connect to MySQL?
> 
> - James
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org 
> > [mailto:techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org] On Behalf Of Linda
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:25 PM
> > To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> > Subject: [Techtalk] at wit's end with PHP to MySQL
> > 
> > 
> > I am new to Linux. Have RH7.0 running on a Thinkpad600.
> > 
> > To help me develop PHP scripts, I installed Apache and MySQL 
> > using the RPMs that came with RedHat. I built the PHP RPM from 
> > source files.
> > 
> > Apache and PHP works together, but when I try to use PHP to 
> > connect to MySQL, I get the error message "Can't connect to local 
> > MySQL server on socket /tmp/mysql.sock"
> > 
> > According to phpinfo( ), I have a built of PHP that has MySQL.
> > 
> > I have no clue what is wrong. I have tried all the solutions I have 
> > been able to find on the web.
> > 
> > Linda
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