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im connecting my php script with this simple code:

mysql_connect("localhost", "admin", "1admin") or die("DB Failed"); mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error());

but when execute in terminal, DB failed. however this works on browser.

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What error output is produced? – George Cummins Jul 12 '11 at 14:47
    
are you really on the same machine? print the error message on mysql_connect() es well, nut just on mysql_select_db and post it here! – yankee Jul 12 '11 at 14:48
    
hi yankee and george, the errors are : Warning: mysql_connect(): [2002] No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///var/mysql/mysql.sock) in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/project/file.php on line 24 Warning: mysql_connect(): No such file or directory in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/project/file.php on line 24 No such file or directory – nuttynibbles Jul 12 '11 at 15:17
    
Please check if there is a difference in mysql.default_socket in your command-line php.ini and your webserver php.ini. – madflow Jul 12 '11 at 15:42
    
Possible duplicate: stackoverflow.com/questions/4219970/… – madflow Jul 12 '11 at 15:43
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PHP from commandline usually uses a different php.ini from php-cli. If your are on a linux server - look into /etc/php/cli/php.ini (Or something like that...)

Check if mysql is enabled in this php.ini

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im using MAMP on Mac OsX. i checked both php5.2 and php5.3, mysql is enabled – nuttynibbles Jul 12 '11 at 15:01
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Try 

mysql_connect(...) or die(mysql_error());

Simply outputting "db failed" is useless for diagnost purposes, especially when MySQL will tell you exactly what's wrong with mysql_error().

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hi the error is No such file or directory – nuttynibbles Jul 12 '11 at 14:57
    
Is there a db named 'test' in your setup? It should be there, but not necessarily. – Marc B Jul 12 '11 at 15:01
    
hi my db is not test. i just change the name. but with the correct db, it still output the same error – nuttynibbles Jul 12 '11 at 15:41
    
Ah. given your comment up above, MySQL's mis-configured and is looking for the server's socket file somewhere where it is (or mysql isn't running). – Marc B Jul 12 '11 at 15:42

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