I have mysql installed and running what appears to be fine. I created a database, added a table to it with no problems. I also have php up and running on my apache server, I did a quick "hello world" as a test. In spite of all this, it appears to have a problem connecting to the database. It uses this code in the PHP tags: $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); mysql_select_db("test",$db); And I'm getting this error in my browser: Warning: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/phptest.php on line 24 Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/phptest.php on line 24 Does anyone have an ideas on what is wrong? I've taken a glance through the apache modules, and nothing appears to be missing. Can anyone help me figure out what I have overlooked? -A.P. Etc _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com