[arch-general] php / mysql connection after recent update

[Evangelos Foutras]

On 11/03/2010 12:23 μμ, Chris Allison wrote:
> Morning,
>
> Since updating yesterday, all my php scripts that connect to a mysql
> database (whether local or over the network) stopped being able to connect.
> I had to append the port number to the host definition in the mysql connect
> function call to get them to work again.  I have been unable to find what
> has changed.  Any ideas where the change may have happened.
>
> thanks
>
> Chris Allison

Have you taken care of any .pacnew files installed under /etc/php and 
/etc/mysql? Also, you'll need to include information about the versions 
you updated to and the old versions.