[Xitami] mysql/php on a Win2k under Xitami

[Paul Reid]

> The mysql items needed to connect from a domain / website to it are a "host" (server), the database name, username and password ... and it is the first one (the "host" / server) which I was wondering about 

Ah. 

It "should" work to specify "localhost" as the "remote" server, and TCP
as the protocol if that is needed.

Then when PHP opens a connection to the "remote server" named
"localhost", the TCP stack re-directs it to the same machine. Change
"localhost" to "server2.your_isp.com" for production. 

In some cases, "localhost" isn't correctly specified. "127.0.0.1" should
also work to mean "this same machine". 

In some cases, for no good reason, Windows will insist on connecting to
an outside DNS server even for hosts it has in its own "hosts" file.
Microsoft just doesn't understand DNS or TCP. It may work if you unplug
your modem phone line and wait patiently for it to give up trying to
reach an external DNS server. You can check that by seeing if opening
"localhost" in your browser works without Windows trying to reach out
for DNS service. 

 -PRR