Re: Connecting PHP to MySQL on Windows

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Mike,

A plain HOST file should have the commented part at the top, and only 1
reference to localhost unless you are creating Virtual hosts.

I would suggest removing the "::1" line

BR

Gavin

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:18 AM, michael manning
<michaelgmanning@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I swapped out 'localhost" for '127.0.0.1' in the url but this had no
> effect.
>
> I had a look at my hosts file at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc and this
> contained:
>
> # Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
> #
> # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
> #
> # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
> # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
> # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
> # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
> # space.
> #
> # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
> # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
> #
> # For example:
> #
> #      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
> #       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
>
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> ::1             localhost
>
> and so this seems fine as well.
>
> cheers
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 21:12, michael manning <michaelgmanning@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Daniel,
> > > When testing with the CLI, netstat shows:
> > [snip!]
> >
> >    What happens when you swap out 'localhost' for '127.0.0.1' in the
> > connection routine?  If that works, check to make sure your hosts file
> > properly designates 127.0.0.1 as 'localhost' (by editing
> > c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts I believe.... been a while since
> > I've done it on Windows).
> >
> > --
> > </Daniel P. Brown>
> > Network Infrastructure Manager
> > Documentation, Webmaster Teams
> > http://www.php.net/
> >
>



-- 
Best regards,

Gavin C

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