Re: [cobalt-developers] Update PHP3.0.7 to PHP3.0.16

["Rob Spurlock" <rspurlock@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So,  If I am running the newer version of MySQL and trying to connect to it
using PHP, then I need to specify an actual host ip or name?  Is this part
of a security hole that was fixed or something?

TIA,

Rob Spurlock

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Update PHP3.0.7 to PHP3.0.16


> Rob Spurlock <rspurlock@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well list,  I have done it now.  I have followed the instructions to
update
> > the required libraries and install a newer version of MySQL (to be
followed
> > by PHP3.0.16).  I went through the steps and now I have 2 different
versions
> > of MySQL installed on the server and both work fine (not at the same
time of
> > course).
>
> Actually, you can run several instances of MySQL simultaneously.  I
currently
> have several different instances (mix of stable and development versions
> optimized a little differently) running on some RaQ2s.  The trick is to
install
> each to run on different ports with different lock files and then to
explicitly
> state the port in PHP and Perl code calling the databases.
>
> > Problem is I cannot use the newer version of MySQL with the PHP I
> > have on there.  It will not allow me to connect using localhost.  How do
I
> > get rid of the older version (installed with RPMs) of MySQL and edit the
new
> > MySQL to work?  Help?
>
> To delete the older MySQL that was installed by RPM find the RPM names and
> delete them using "rpm -e package_name_here".  To find them do "rpm -qa |
sort".
> Newer versions of MySQL do not allow localhost as the host when calling
from PHP
> or Perl scripts.  If you are trying to access MySQL via localhost from the
MySQL
> commandline and you're unable to, it's probably b/c of a conflict between
the
> MySQL instances installed.  Maybe both are using the same port # and / or
lock
> file.
>
> --
> Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
>
>
>
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