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authormrjive <mrjive@mrjive.it>2015-10-26 21:55:47 +0100
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Merge pull request #7 from redmatrix/master
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3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username,
-password, database name).
+password, database name). The MySQL client libraries will fallback to socket
+communication if the hostname is 'localhost' and some people have reported
+issues with the socket implementation. Use it if your requirements mandate.
+Otherwise if the database is served on the local server, use '127.0.0.1' for
+the hostname. See https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connecting.html
+for more information.
4. If you know in advance that it will be impossible for the web server to
write or create files in your web directory, create an empty file called