Bug #52516 [Opn->Bgs]: host name of localhost doesn't work any more

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52516&edit=1 ID: 52516 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported by: dev at focus-computing dot com dot au Summary: host name of localhost doesn't work any more -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: MySQL related Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 5.3.3 Block user comment: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Please see this blog post: http://blogs.iis.net/donraman/archive/2010/06/11/php-5-3-and-mysql-connectivity-problem.aspx Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-02 15:32:19] dev at focus-computing dot com dot au Description: ------------ When asked to specify a server in a TCP/IP environment the name 'localhost' has always worked - it works with lots of other packages. However it is clearly not working with the latest mysqlnd driver. We have to specify 127.0.0.1 - which to me has always been synonymous with 'localhost'. Can we please have the option of specifying 'localhost' back? I understand there are technical reasons for using the IP address, but this is really hard to explain to our bosses: why the upgrade failed, why the system was down for 3 days, and specifically why this setting was changed to begin with - they just don't understand - I barely understand. Two lines of code should do it: if ($servername == 'localhost') $servername = '127.0.0.1'; PS: I know I've written php but the C code is equally short. Test script: --------------- mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', 'secret'); mysql_connect('127.0.0.1', 'root', 'secret'); Expected result: ---------------- To be able to specify the mysql server name as 'localhost' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52516&edit=1