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| -rw-r--r-- | install/INSTALL.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | mod/setup.php | 6 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/install/INSTALL.txt b/install/INSTALL.txt index 65df17fdd..c81510522 100644 --- a/install/INSTALL.txt +++ b/install/INSTALL.txt @@ -147,7 +147,12 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all. 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 diff --git a/mod/setup.php b/mod/setup.php index 15820f14e..e5ac25965 100755 --- a/mod/setup.php +++ b/mod/setup.php @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ function setup_content(&$a) { case 2: { // Database config - $dbhost = ((x($_POST,'dbhost')) ? notags(trim($_POST['dbhost'])) : 'localhost'); + $dbhost = ((x($_POST,'dbhost')) ? notags(trim($_POST['dbhost'])) : '127.0.0.1'); $dbuser = notags(trim($_POST['dbuser'])); $dbport = intval(notags(trim($_POST['dbport']))); $dbpass = notags(trim($_POST['dbpass'])); @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function setup_content(&$a) { '$status' => $wizard_status, - '$dbhost' => array('dbhost', t('Database Server Name'), $dbhost, t('Default is localhost')), + '$dbhost' => array('dbhost', t('Database Server Name'), $dbhost, t('Default is 127.0.0.1')), '$dbport' => array('dbport', t('Database Port'), $dbport, t('Communication port number - use 0 for default')), '$dbuser' => array('dbuser', t('Database Login Name'), $dbuser, ''), '$dbpass' => array('dbpass', t('Database Login Password'), $dbpass, ''), @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ function setup_content(&$a) { }; break; case 3: { // Site settings require_once('include/datetime.php'); - $dbhost = ((x($_POST,'dbhost')) ? notags(trim($_POST['dbhost'])) : 'localhost'); + $dbhost = ((x($_POST,'dbhost')) ? notags(trim($_POST['dbhost'])) : '127.0.0.1'); $dbport = intval(notags(trim($_POST['dbuser']))); $dbuser = notags(trim($_POST['dbuser'])); $dbpass = notags(trim($_POST['dbpass'])); |