Specifying MySQL Port and Socket
Specifying MySQL Port and Socket
By Paul
By Paul
Although extremely unlikely, it's possible you might run into a host where you can't connect to the database with just the host name, username, password and database name. This may be because it requires a special socket. Open config.php and change
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Reportto$adb = new db($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $databasename);
where 3306 is your port name and /tmp/mysql5.sock is the socket (these values are specific to your host).$adb = new db($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $databasename, 3306, '/tmp/mysql5.sock');
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Submitted: 12/05/07
Description: What to do on an unusual host which doesn't handle port and socket properly automatically.
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