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[David Mintz]

Wait a second. When invoked from the command line, PHP can do it:

[root at interps1 test]# php test.php
alleluyah

But not when Apache runs same code -- ah, we have one of those SELinux
issues, don't we?

On Nov 20, 2007 3:30 PM, David Mintz <david at davidmintz.org> wrote:
> I just installed CentOS 5 and I need to connect to a MySQL server on
> another box. I can do it from the command line but not from PHP. These
> old scripts use PEAR DB. Thus:
>
> mysql -utestuser -psecret -hinterps2 test
>
> Your MySQL connection id is 20491 to server version: 5.0.17-standard-log
> mysql>
>
> But:
> <?php
> require 'DB.php';
> $DSN = "mysqli://testuser:secret@interps2/test" ;
> $db = DB::connect($DSN);
>
> if (PEAR::isError($db)) {
>    echo $db->getDebugInfo();
> } else {
>    echo "alleluyah\n" ;
> }
>
> Output:
>
> [nativecode=Can't connect to MySQL server on 'interps2' (13)] **
> mysqli://testuser:secret@interps2/test
>
> I wish to hell it would tell me why not. Anyone have any ideas where
> to look for more information?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> David Mintz
> http://davidmintz.org/
>
> The subtle source is clear and bright
> The tributary streams flow through the darkness
>



-- 
David Mintz
http://davidmintz.org/

The subtle source is clear and bright
The tributary streams flow through the darkness