Bug #71829 [Com]: PHP not able to connect to mySQL database

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71829&edit=1 ID: 71829 Comment by: jfha73 at gmail dot com Reported by: jfha73 at gmail dot com Summary: PHP not able to connect to mySQL database Status: Open Type: Bug Package: MySQLi related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.0.4 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Update to the ticket, it does work when I connect using IP address (127.0.0.1) but when name (localhost) is used, I checked my /etc/hosts and it has 127.0.0.1 set as localhost, also my firewall is disabled. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-15 16:28:58] jfha73 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ All it gets is this: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory MySQL can be accessed via console, just not using PHP with phpMyAdmin or a WebApp that uses MySQL. Any idea what I can do about this? Thanks. Test script: --------------- phpMyAdmin Expected result: ---------------- Connect to mySQL database server Actual result: -------------- Error saying No such file or directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71829&edit=1