Re: Mysql socket connect problems

> >which is kind of odd because in the process of getting > >PHP4 installed, I removed and MySQL, and changed > >the layout in the process: the mysql directory > >was moved from /var/lib to /usr/local/mysql/var > >and PHP4 was configured with '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' > >... so I don't know why php appears to be referring > >to /var/lib/mysql at all. > > Most installscripts will leave things like configfiles untouched. If you > build from source you should copy the distributed INI file to a useful > place. You probably didn't take this last step. ... > Your old config file has the old location you could alter this manually. > Change the location of mysql.sock and restart apache. Use Pico or your > favorite text editor to edit your php.ini > ... > I think you should be fine > after changing the php.ini file. Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is an existing configfile, but I don't know which one. The location of mysql.sock isn't specified or implied in php.ini, so far as I can see. Configuring mysql with --with-unix-socket-path=/usr/local/mysql/var/mysql.sock doesn't seem to make any difference either. Paul N.