note 12000 added to function.mysql-connect.php

if your database connection normally works fine and occasionally you receive a message such as Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) in connection.inc.php on line 5 Then you could try giving this code a try. $con = 0; while(!$con) { $con = @mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password"); } } The @ character will supress error messages and the while will keep the code trying to connect to the database. If the database is offline for a extended period of time the script will time out after 30 seconds or so. Pete Kelly http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php