note 112656 added to mysqli.quickstart.dual-interface

After significant searching with no success finding a solution I was able to figure out the following to error 2005 where the connection could not find the host. While I am hosted on 1&1 I saw numerous posts with similar problems. The solution turned out to be as follows: <?php $mysqli = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME, DB_PORT, DB_UNIX_SOCKET); I added the DB_PORT and DB_UNIX_SOCKET /** name of the database. please note: database and database table are not the same thing! */ define("DB_NAME", "YOUR DB NAME"); /** user for your database. the user needs to have rights for SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE and INSERT. /** By the way, it's bad style to use "root", but for development it will work */ define("DB_USER", "YOUR DB USER"); /** The password of the above user */ define("DB_PASS", "YOUR DB PWORD"); /** The unix socket for 1&1 dedicated */ define("DB_UNIX_SOCKET", "/tmp/mysql5.sock"); /** The db port, replace with yours */ define("DB_PORT", 3306); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 209.26.208.254 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.quickstart.dual-interface.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112656 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112656 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112656 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php