Re: php script connect to mySQL problem

Yes, mysqld was running. Username and password were provided via this function call $db = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password"); I have to same problem when trying to connect to mysql server whenever I use any user other than root. So basically whenever I try to run "mysql" using root account then everything is fine but otherwise I'll get the same error message. Thanks to your reply. "Miles Thompson" <milesthompson@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:5.0.2.1.0.20020106215447.01e4cbe0@pop1.ns.sympatico.ca... > > Is mysqld running? > Username? > Password? > > > At 08:30 PM 1/6/2002 -0500, Vu Hoang Huynh wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I'm a newbie to PHP and mySQL and I'm currently running PHP+mySQL on my > >Linux 2.2.16 kernel. Every time I try to connect to mySQL from a php page, I > >get this error message: > > > >ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > >'/var/lib/mysql/mys > >ql.sock' (111) > > > >What does that mean and how do I go about solving it? > > > >Thanks in advance for your directions and have a great new year. > > > >Best regards, > > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >