Re: mysql_connect does not connect

On Saturday 18 September 2004 02:30, Jason Davidson wrote: > Hey, the reason it doesnt come in to play for you in linux, is becuase > mysql by default will connect through a unix socket, and not over > tcpip. The unix socket is a connection thru the filesystem and not the > network. Also, in linux, there is a virtual device for lopback, and the > firewall i dont beleive has any effect on the loopback device. In > windows however, depending on what version, mysql will connect using > tcp/ip, unless told otherwise, in this case, Sam supplied localhost to > his connect function, which tells mysql explicitly to use the network > over a named pipe. Further food for thought. How you originally phrased the GRANT command in mysql will (potentially) affect your ability to connect. For example grant all on database.* to user@localhost identified by 'passwd'; is different to grant all on database.* to user@127.0.0.1 identified by 'passwd'; and require that you use different connection parameters (at least under Linux). -- 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 ------------------------------------------ /* It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being. -- Thomas Carlyle */