mysql_connect()

[phpete2]

A friend sent me a PHP script he uses to manage data.
He wants me to do some minor changes on some of the tables.
He sent the binaries , the database dump and the php files in a tar file.
I set up a database for testing on my server. I ftp'd the php files to my server.
When I try to access any of the php files I get this...

Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/m/e/n/menlo/html/pmtool/goremote/common/CommonLib.php on line 130
Failed to connect to the database ..!

Do I need to do something with the database dump? Not sure..... 😕

[devinemke]

you need to specify the specific host name in your call to [man]mysql_connect[/man] if your server is not setup as "localhost".

[thorpe]

here's what the mysql manual has to say.