Re: Is this a mysql_connect() bug?

Thanks everyone for all the help. I found the problem. It has to do with a bug in my error handler class that my script loaded prior to executing mysql_connect(). Once I removed the error handler class, mysql_connect() started to behave as expected. My bad. Tom On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:16:10 -0600, Michael Sims <michaels@crye-leike.com> wrote: > tom soyer wrote: > > Thanks for the error handling code. I think PHP still has a basic > > problem. If mysql sever connection times out because wrong username or > > password was used, then mysql_connect() should return FALSE. > > It does, at least for me on PHP 4.3.10 connecting to a local MySQL 4.0.23 > server on Debian. It returns a boolean false, and a warning is triggered: > > Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'user@localhost' (Using > password: YES) in ... > > If I give it a server name it cannot connect to (due to a firewall blocking > the connection, for example) it will hang for about 60 seconds then return > false, triggering a warning: > > Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to MySQL server on ... > > I was going to suggest that you run a cli test script and trace the system > calls to see what's going on but then I saw that you're using Windows. I'm > not sure if there is an strace/truss equivalent for it (anyone know)? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >