Why is constructing PDO connection slow?

Question

I\'m using PDO in my PHP application. It connects to a MySQL server on the same server:

$db = new PDO(mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test, $username, $password)         


        

Answer 1

I've been doing some googling, and after reading this thread, I changed localhost to 127.0.0.1. That solves the problem....