Re: ERROR 2003 (HY000) Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

[Jostein Bjørkøy]

L RLJ Wrote:
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> Hi, I can't seem to connect to MySQL via PHP. I
> get the following error message when I try:
>
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> --------------------------------
> Warning: mysql_connect(): [2002] A connection
> attempt failed because the connected party did not
> (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306) in
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software
> Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\mysqlconnect.php on
> line 3 Warning: mysql_connect(): A connection
> attempt failed because the connected party did not
> properly respond after a period of time, or
> established connection failed because connected
> host has failed to respond. in C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Apache Software
> Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\mysqlconnect.php on
> line 3 Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30
> seconds exceeded in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache
> Software
> Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\mysqlconnect.php on
> line 3
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>
> I am running windows 7 with Apache 2.2, PHP 5.3
> and MySQL server 5.1. In task manager,
> ApacheMonitor is running under processes and
> Apache is running under services. MySQL is listed
> under services, but is stopped. When I try to
> access MySQL via the command line I get the
> following error message:
>
> ERROR 2003 (HY000) Can't connect to MySQL server
> on 'localhost' (10061)
>
> So it would seem I have installed/configured
> Apache/MySQL wrong. Could anyone please tell me
> what I should check for? e.g. is there a setting
> in one of the .ini files that I should change?
>
> P.S. when I first installed MySQL I could access
> it via the command line fine, but I still couldn't
> connect via PHP. Not being able to access it via
> command line is a recent development.