iOS 5 Lion: mysql_connect(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed:

[westdh]

<?php
mysql_connect(" http://localhost","roo t","root");
mysql_select_db ("cmi_test") ;
....
?>

Warning: mysql_connect() : php_network_get addresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known in /Users/denniswest/Documents/JQueryMobileSit e_65/www/ajax.php on line 4

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Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /ajax.php on this server.

Apache/2.2.20 (Unix) DAV/2 Server at localhost Port 80

[Dormilich]

you don’t connect via http. hence mysql_connect(" localhost","roo t","root");. but I recommend to use PDO or MySQLi instead of the outdated mysql_* functions.

PS. you don’t connect via the root account either, because anyone who applies SQL Injections is able to delete your database or perform other unwanted adminstrative tasks. therefore connectio´ng through a standard user account which only has select/insert/update permissions is more secure.