Re: MySQL database

first off, is the MySQL database running? you can do a ps -xa | grep mysql to see... second you need to enter a username and password on the mysql_connect line.. Hope this helps, Julia Quoting [Inf] F!RE-WALL (claninfinity@icqmail.com): > Yo, > > I'd like to use a MySQL database on my website. If I look at the PHP details > of my site (see for yourself at > http://infinity.shrimpwars.be/phpinfo.php) > it says under the MySQL section: "enabled". Well, if I create a testpage > with this as content: > > <? > mysql_connect("localhost", "", "") > or die ("unable to connect to database"); > ?> > > I get this: > > Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) in > /clans/infinity/mysql.php on line 2 > unable to connect to database > > If I run the script on my local machine I get this: > > Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on > 'localhost' (10061) in e:\webserver\phptest\mysql.php on line 2 > unable to connect to database > > > What is wrong? Do note that I don't know much about MySQL, I'm still > learning :-P > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- [ Julia Anne Case ] [ Ships are safe inside the harbor, ] [Programmer at large] [ but is that what ships are really for. ] [ Admining Linux ] [ To thine own self be true. ] [ Windows/WindowsNT ] [ Fair is where you take your cows to be judged. ]