Re: MySQL database

Huh? What about Windows? "Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn@georgetown.edu> wrote in message news:3B026DFD.A17686EE@georgetown.edu... > setup an account with a username and password and flush your > privileges...see if you can login on the command line...after that > works, then try it with php > > -jack > > "[Inf] F!RE-WALL" wrote: > > > > 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 > > -- > 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 >