Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:12878 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 68471 invoked by uid 1010); 16 Sep 2004 17:47:19 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 68426 invoked by uid 1007); 16 Sep 2004 17:47:19 -0000 Message-ID: <20040916174718.68425.qmail@pb1.pair.com> To: internals@lists.php.net References: <20040916040105.25425.qmail@pb1.pair.com> <20040916170712.94973.qmail@pb1.pair.com> <4149C952.2070507@hristov.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:47:22 -0700 Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Posted-By: 24.165.85.87 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] mysql_connect using version 5.0.1 accesses the internet when host and client are the same system From: SoCalSam@GMail.com ("Sam Hobbs") "Andrey Hristov" wrote in message news:4149C952.2070507@hristov.com... > > AFAIK this is _not_ a PHP error message. Look at the message (in my original post) again. It sure looks like a php message to me, but perhaps I misunderstand. Is "mysql_connect()" a php function or a libmysql function? Also, the reverence to the manual "[function.mysql-connect.chm]" is in the message (I think because I turned on the option for it); is that a reference to the php documentation or MySQL documentation? If it is a libmysql message, then it is not clear to me that it is. How am I supposed to know that? > I hope you have > read the appendix of the mysql manual where it is stated that users may > have > problem connecting to mysql over tcp/ip under windows if they have enabled > firewall software like ZoneAlarm or Windows Personal Firewall. If you mean the "MySQL Manual | A.2.2 Can't connect to [local] MySQL server" page, then it is misleading; see my other reply about it. And again, many people are having this problem. A small hint in the (or a) php message and in the php documentation will likely help many people.