note 107186 added to ref.pdo-mysql.connection

It appears that internally the host string infers a default of "localhost", e.g. this appears to work as a valid $dsn: mysql:host=;port=3306 ---- Server IP: 192.41.42.26 Probable Submitter: 74.65.163.76 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-mysql.connection.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107186 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107186 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107186 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php