MYSQL_SOCKET /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
is the current setting displayed in my php info file but the actual mysqld.sock is actually in /tmp/mysqld.sock to quickly solve the problem i did a symbolic link. Can someone tell me how to edit the MYSQL_SOCKET /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock value?

I just checked my phpinfo page (Windows XP, PHP4+) and didn't find a MYSQL_SOCKET line. What I have is: mysql.default_socket.

If this is what you mean, you need to edit your php.ini file. Then restart the web server...

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if you type the following code and run it in apache then look at the page
under mysql you will se the exact line

MYSQL_SOCKET /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock OR
MYSQL_SOCKET /tmp/mysqld.sock

code: <? phpinfo(); ?>


my mysqld.sock is in the opposite of the one phpinfo thinks it's in
im trying to figure out how to change it. Anyone know?

Right. I was looking at my Windows setup and that's different.

Have you looked inside the my.cnf file for the setting?

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omg im so dumb i some how missed it the first time. it's in my.cnf thanks jds