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Hello everyone,

I just installed UseBB following steps 1-4 from the docs/index.html file; however, when I go online to view my forum, I am encountering an error message.

If someone can give me the instructions to resolve this, it would be most appreciated.

Thanks for your help in advance!

Michelle

--- Error message is ---

UseBB General Error
An error was encountered. We apologize for any inconvenience.

In file sources/db_mysql.php on line 87:

E_WARNING - mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
This error should probably not have occured, so please report it to the webmaster. Thank you for your help.

If you are the webmaster of this board and you believe this is a bug, please send a bug report.

If you were able to get through the install fine, it's probably a problem with MySQL. You'd have to contact your host or double check your MySQL details.

Thank you, Gaia. I have submitted the question to my host. Hopefully it is something that they can resolve. I appreciate your response.

My hosting company advised that this is an issue with the forum application. Can this be true? If not, I'll ask them to look into the problem again.

Thanks,
Michelle

On some linux . the socket of mysql is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.

In your php.ini you will find a line: mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock

thats your hosting issue not USEBB.

Perhaps you should use mysqli instead of mysql? Other than that it definitely is a problem on your host.

Thank you Yj98 and Dietrich. My hosting company is not helpful, so I will try another hosting company as I would not want to manipulate the codes

There should be a drop down list with 2 options in it when installing.

i recomend 000webhost.com (free 500mb space 100gb bandwidth) or one.com (£9 a year 3gb space unlimited web usage and free url)