Re: Connecting to a remote server

On Friday 28 March 2003 21:06, Roberts, Mark \(Tulsa\) wrote: > They are not on the same server...that is the problem. > They used to be on the same server, but I have had to move the application > to a physically different server with a different DNS than the DB Server. > > So, on the surface, it would seem that I should just replace 'localhost' > with the dns name of the DB Server i.e. (http://www.xyz.com). However, this > did not work. Is there something else that I should be doing, either in the > connect string or in php configuration? Please read my original reply: > Are you talking about the database connection? If so, then there is no need > for the 'http://'. And if both the webserver and the > DB server are on the > same machine you can continue to use 'localhost'. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* This is probably the first and last time I will openly agree for someone to tell me were to go, and do it ;-). - Andre Hedrick on linux-kernel */