Connecting to MySQL

[fruzzgle]

I'm a begginer and am taking a tutorial on it. I just started the MySQL connect. Here's my code:

[code]<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "admin", "1admin") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to MySQL<br/>";
?>[/code]

I test it and get this-

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (46)

I have no Idea what this means?

[fenway]

It means you need to consult [a href=\"http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/a/Can_not_connect_to_server.html\" target=\"_blank\"]this refman page[/a] to see which one of the many known problems you've encountered.

[vishi83]

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Before executing your php script, make sure you're able to get into the mysql prompt from the terminal.
Because you have a problem with mysql connection.
Can you tell me how you connect to the mysql ?

Thanks. [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /]

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