Bug #2960 [Com]: mysqli->connect fails due to unspecified socket/port

Edit report at https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=2960&edit=1 ID: 2960 Comment by: nilnirob19 at gmail dot com Reported By: oliver at realtsp dot com Summary: mysqli->connect fails due to unspecified socket/port Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: DB Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.0.2 Assigned To: danielc Roadmap Versions: New Comment: I faced this problem on http://evergreenquotes.com now fixed Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-20 22:54:01] cere dot yahoo at gmail dot com This appears to still be a problem in php4-3.10. I am having this exact same problem...though I cannot find a situation that fixes it yet. -Cere ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-19 03:13:46] oliver at realtsp dot com you were right. just installed php-5.0.3 and the problem has been fixed. closing this bug ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-14 13:54:27] oliver at realtsp dot com I am not in a position to compile 5.0.3RC2. But I have posted this bug: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31094 If this produces no result, I will test again with 5.0.3 when it is released. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-14 13:00:01] danielc They may, they may not. Make the point that most PHP functions gladly accept false/null for optional string arguments without causing problems. Before that, please try the latest release candidate mentioned in my prior comment, just to make sure it hasn't been fixed yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-14 12:43:24] oliver at realtsp dot com I have searched the php bugs db for entries relating to mysqli_connect but found nothing. I am not sure I agree that this is a php problem. Basically mysqli.php is calling the mysqli_connect() php function with all optional parameters but failing to provide valid values for some of them (ie the port and socket params). If I say to the php guys, here I want to be able to call mysqli_connect() with socket=false and expect it to just ignore the parameter eventhough I have passed it, then they will just tell me to not do that, right? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=2960 -- Edit this bug report at https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=2960&edit=1