PDOException SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory

Question

I believe that I\'ve successfully deployed my (very basic) site to fortrabbit, but as soon as I connect to SSH to run some commands (such as php artisan migrate

Answer 1

I got the same problem and I'm running Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. I have enabled the Apache Server and PHP that already comes with the OS. Then I just configured the mCrypt library to get started. After that when I was working with models and DB I got the error:

[PDOException]
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory

The reason I found is just because PHP and MySQL can't get connected themselves. To get this problem fixed, I follow the next steps:

1. Open a terminal and connect to the mysql with:

   mysql -u root -p
   

2. It will ask you for the related password. Then once you get the mysql promt type the next command:

   mysql> show variables like '%sock%'
   

3. You will get something like this:

   +-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
   | Variable_name                           | Value           |
   +-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
   | performance_schema_max_socket_classes   | 10              |
   | performance_schema_max_socket_instances | 322             |
   | socket                                  | /tmp/mysql.sock |
   +-----------------------------------------+-----------------+
   

4. Keep the value of the last row:

   /tmp/mysql.sock
   

5. In your laravel project folder, look for the database.php file there is where you configure the DB connection parameters. In the mysql section add the next line at the end:

   'unix_socket' => '/tmp/mysql.sock'
   

6. You must have something like this:

   'mysql' => array(
           'driver'    => 'mysql',
           'host'      => 'localhost',
           'database'  => 'SchoolBoard',
           'username'  => 'root',
           'password'  => 'venturaa',
           'charset'   => 'utf8',
           'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
           'prefix'    => '',
           'unix_socket' => '/tmp/mysql.sock',
       ),
   

Now just save changes, and reload the page and it must work!