mysqli_connect problem

[NicholasB]

I have Apache 2.2.17, PHP 5.3.3 & MySQL 5.1.51 Community,  all working (on Windows 7 Home Premium)

 

phpinfo reports mysqli is installed & working

 

but the following command just hangs and times out

 

$mylink = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'mypassword');

 

The username and password work fine with the mysql.exe client

 

The messages I eventually get are, below.

Any help appreciated, I don't even know what to check next.  TIA Nick

 

Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: [2002] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306) in C:\WebServer\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\Suds\includes\mysqltest.php on line 4

 

Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: (HY000/2002): 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:\WebServer\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\Suds\includes\mysqltest.php on line 4

 

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\WebServer\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\Suds\includes\mysqltest.php on line 4

[NicholasB]

Ok found the solution elsewhere in this forum

 

Thanks to Trent, localhost is the problem ... change it to 127.0.0.1:3306 and it works fine