Can't connect mysql to php.

Mysql working fine & so is PHP. But when I try to connect to the mysql table from within browser I get nothing. Additionally I can't locate a log to tell me what is happening. The sock an port is defined in both the my.conf and the php.ini. Thoughts? PHP 4.1.2 and mysql 4.0.17 my.conf

count                             0
force                             FALSE
compress                          FALSE
character-sets-dir                (No default value)
host                              (No default value)
port                              3306
relative                          FALSE
socket                            /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
sleep                             0
user                              root
verbose                           FALSE
vertical                          FALSE
connect_timeout                   43200
shutdown_timeout                  3600

php.ini mysql.default_port = 3306 mysql.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock mysql.default_host = localhost