connect to MYSQL from PHP via terminal

Question

I'm trying to connect to my localhost MySQL server via php in the terminal.

It's outputting that it cannot connect to the host through my socket. My PHP ini install says this

MYSQL_SOCKET    /tmp/mysql.sock

so i used

mysql_connect("/tmp/mysql.sock","root","","");

And I get errors

Any suggestions?

Daff · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-30 09:53:09Z

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Did you try

mysql_connect(":/tmp/mysql.sock","root","","");

BTW: Posting what errors you get might help when asking questions.

answered Sep 30, 2009 at 9:53

Daff

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