Bug #53162 [NEW]: Can't use localhost without mapping it in hosts

From: Operating system: Windows 7 x64 PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: *Database Functions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Can't use localhost without mapping it in hosts Description: ------------ I can't connect to "localhost", only to "127.0.0.1". My MySQL server works fine and I can connect to it otherwise. PHP 5.3.0 and 5.2.11 work. Please see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4015253/php-5-3-3-mysql-connect- doesnt-work-with-localhost for more details. Test script: --------------- mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', ''); new mysqli('localhost', 'root', ''); new PDO('mysql:dbname=db_name;host=localhost', 'root', ''); die('' . rand(0, 9999)); Expected result: ---------------- 0-9999 Actual result: -------------- Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: [2002] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306) in Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53162&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53162&r=mysqlcfg