Warning: mysql_connect(): [2002] No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///tmp/mysql.sock) in

Question

I\'m trying to connect to my MySQL DB with the Terminal on my Apple (With PHP).

Yesterday it worked fine, and now I suddenly get the error in the title.

The

Answer 1

You can do it by simply aliasing the MAMP php on Apple terminal:

alias phpmamp='/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php7.0.0/bin/php'

Example: > phpmamp - v

Now you can run something like: > phpmamp scriptname.php

Note: This will be applied only for the current terminal session.

Answer 2

When you install php53-mysql using port it returns the following message which is the solution to this problem:

To use mysqlnd with a local MySQL server, edit /opt/local/etc/php53/php.ini
and set mysql.default_socket, mysqli.default_socket and
pdo_mysql.default_socket to the path to your MySQL server's socket file.

For mysql5, use /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock
For mysql51, use /opt/local/var/run/mysql51/mysqld.sock
For mysql55, use /opt/local/var/run/mysql55/mysqld.sock
For mariadb, use /opt/local/var/run/mariadb/mysqld.sock
For percona, use /opt/local/var/run/percona/mysqld.sock

Answer 3

Since your might use MAMP, either change your Port to the default 3306 or use 127.0.0.1 in the database.php

$db['default'] = array(
    'dsn'   => '',
    'hostname' => 'localhost',// leave it for port 3306
    'username' => 'yourUserhere',
    'password' => 'yourPassword',
    'database' => 'yourDatabase',
    'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
    'dbprefix' => '',
    'pconnect' => FALSE,
    'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
    'cache_on' => FALSE,
    'cachedir' => '',
    'char_set' => 'utf8',
    'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
    'swap_pre' => '',
    'encrypt' => FALSE,
    'compress' => FALSE,
    'stricton' => FALSE,
    'failover' => array(),
    'save_queries' => TRUE
);

Or with the default settings:

$db['default'] = array(
        'dsn'   => '',
        'hostname' => '127.0.0.1:8889',// leave it for port 8889
        'username' => 'yourUserhere',
        'password' => 'yourPassword',
        'database' => 'yourDatabase',
        'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
        'dbprefix' => '',
        'pconnect' => FALSE,
        'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
        'cache_on' => FALSE,
        'cachedir' => '',
        'char_set' => 'utf8',
        'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
        'swap_pre' => '',
        'encrypt' => FALSE,
        'compress' => FALSE,
        'stricton' => FALSE,
        'failover' => array(),
        'save_queries' => TRUE
    );

Answer 4

When you face the following issue:

PHP throwing error "Warning: mysql_connect() http://function.mysql-connect: 2002 No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///tmp/mysql.sock)"

Set "mysql.default_socket" value in your /etc/php.ini to

 "mysql.default_socket = /var/mysql/mysql.sock". 

Then restart web service in server admin

Answer 5

MySQL socket is located, in general, in /tmp/mysql.sock or /var/mysql/mysql.sock, but probably PHP looks in the wrong place.

1. Check where is your socket with:

    sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
   

2. When the updatedb is terminated:

    locate mysql.sock
   

3. Then locate your php.ini:

    php -i | grep php.ini
   

   this will output something like:

    Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /opt/local/etc/php54
    Loaded Configuration File => /opt/local/etc/php54/php.ini
   

4. Edit your php.ini

    sudo vim /opt/local/etc/php54/php.ini
   

5. Change the lines:

    pdo_mysql.default_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
    mysql.default_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
    mysqli.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
   

   where /tmp/mysql.sock is the path to your socket.

6. Save your modifications and exit ESC + SHIFT: x

7. Restart Apache

    sudo apachectl stop
    sudo apachectl start
   

Answer 6

I just had this problem, but it only appeared when loading certain pages (other pages worked fine). It turned out that I was making calls to MySQL after I closed the connection with mysql_close(). So, as @brucenan said: make sure that MySQL is running when you call it.