I am using php-4.0.6 with MySQL-3.23.39 and there seems to be a problem with connecting to the database server. Problem that didn't happen with any previous version (even php-4.0.5 that i was using till today). phpinfo() shows a correct configuration and correct path to the socket, mysql server works correctly from console and i'm not using the bundled libraries (tried them also and it gave the same error). This was reproductible under OpenBSD-2.7-stable, OpenBSD-2.8, OpenBSD-2.8-stable, OpenBSD-2.9, OpenBSD-2.9-stable, Linux Debian (current), Linux RedHat 7.0, Linux Slackware 7.1 and probably others.


Configuration flags of PHP are:

--with-apache=/usr/local/apache --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysqlc --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl --with-gd=/usr/local/gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local --with-png-dir=/usr/local --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local --with-ttf=/usr/local --enable-apc --enable-calendar --enable-bcmath --enable-track-vars


MySQL related configuration directives in php.ini are:

mysql.allow_persistent = Off
mysql.max_persistent = 0
mysql.max_links = 1000
mysql.default_port = 3306
mysql.default_socket = /usr/local/mysqlc/var/mysql.sock
mysql.default_host = localhost


MySQL was compiled with the following flags:

--enable-static --localstatedir=/usr/local/mysqlc/var --with-libwrap=/usr --with-mysqld-user=mysqlc --with-unix-socket-path=/usr/local/mysqlc/var/mysql.sock --with-tcp-port=3306 --without-bench --without-mit-threads


Error returned:

Warning: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysqlc/var/mysql.sock' (13) in /home/www/k/kheos.net/test.php on line 3

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysqlc/var/mysql.sock' (13) in /home/www/k/kheos.net/test.php on line 3


Script that returned the error:

<? mysql_connect("localhost","joeuser","joepassword"); ?>


By the way, if someone would care to write a patch for:
http://www.php.net/bugs.php?id=11767
I'd appreciate it cause i got poor C skills  ;p