PHP: mysql_connect() won't work via command line

Question

I have a script which calls mysql_connect() to connect to a MySQL DB. When I run the script in a browser, it works. However, when I run it from a command line

Answer 1

It maybe using a default PHP configuration. I have found before that it doesn't use the same php.ini or doesn't use one at all. Therefore some of the extensions won't be enabled.

Do this instead:

php -c /etc/php.ini /path/to/script.php

Where /etc/php.ini is the path to your ini file. You can find this by doing a phpinfo();