From: Gabriel - IP Guys <Gabriel at impactteachers.com> > FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'. Please make sure > you have specified a valid MySQL database name in 'include/config.php' > > The database configuration in config.php is correct, and is readable, > because if I change the hostname, the error message changes accordingly. > I can connect to the MySQL database just fine with the configuration > information that is in config.php. Any ideas would be appreciated - If > this become too off topic, someone feel free to say so. Checked about hostname vs socket connection to mysql? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html JD