URL to your eFiction: http://www.miuza.com
Version of eFiction:3.3
Have you bridged eFiction, if so with what?: Nope
Version of PHP:
Version of MySQL: 5
Have you searched for your problem: Yes
If so, what terms did you try: MySQL
State the nature of your problem:
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) in /home/.chasm/miuza/miuza.com/install/install.php on line 927
Fatal error: Call to undefined function dbclose() in /home/.chasm/miuza/miuza.com/install/install.php on line 1000
Do you have a test account for us?: Nope
It is my first time installing efiction, and I didn't get beyond the 1st step... 😕
1. Did you set up a database in MySql first? line 927 is trying to find the database table.
2. Try typing something in the Settings Table Prefix: field. (It can be whatever you want). But the line 1000 in the code is about the settings.
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Mucking around in eFiction since circa 2001 (ver. 1.0)
Now running v.3
Ignore the 2nd error - its just a consequence of the first one.
The problem is your PHP installation is unable to connect to the mysql server - it hasn't even gotten as far as checking if the efiction database exists yet. Your PHP is configured to try and connect to mysql through a socket file located in /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock and this file does not exist. This could be because:
a) mysql isn't running
b) mysql server is configured differently and is using a TCP/IP port to listen for incomming requests instead of a socket file, or is creating the socket file in a different place
You may be able to make it work by entering 127.0.0.1 in the database host box to force PHP to use TCP/IP to talk to mysql, otherwise contact your hosting company and ask them what the correct connection settings are to connect to the mysql server.
