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Lloyd · April 17th, 2009, 10:10 AM

It was necessary to start over from scratch with my installation (no fault of photopost) but I'm having a problem with the installation. I'm now using 6.22 where before I was using 6.02.

My config file has my path as:
$PP_PATH = "/kunden/homepages/26/d219618***/htdocs/wtp-new/forum/photopost";

The database gets built correctly by the install script but when I enter the information for Step 4 and click submit I get this error:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) in /homepages/26/d219618***/htdocs/wtp-new/forum/photopost/install.php on line 1460
I cannot connect to the Users database.

As you can see, the path in the error statement starts with /homepages and it should start with /kunden/homepages.

When I first start the install script, it lets me put in the full path, starting with /kunden, but if I restart the script, it has gone back to starting with /homepages.

Can you point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

April 17th, 2009, 10:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lloyd Junior Member Verified Customer Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10	Warning: mysql_connect() error in step 4 of installation It was necessary to start over from scratch with my installation (no fault of photopost) but I'm having a problem with the installation. I'm now using 6.22 where before I was using 6.02. My config file has my path as: $PP_PATH = "/kunden/homepages/26/d219618*/htdocs/wtp-new/forum/photopost"; The database gets built correctly by the install script but when I enter the information for Step 4 and click submit I get this error: Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) in /homepages/26/d219618*/htdocs/wtp-new/forum/photopost/install.php on line 1460 I cannot connect to the Users database. As you can see, the path in the error statement starts with /homepages and it should start with /kunden/homepages. When I first start the install script, it lets me put in the full path, starting with /kunden, but if I restart the script, it has gone back to starting with /homepages. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks!