I'm teaching myself PHP and MySQL and have installed everything needed to run MySQL. I installed it a few weeks ago, and was able to get it working and entered a few tables via the terminal and php script. I left it alone for a few weeks, and now I tried to open up MySQL and here are the problems I get:
1) I type in /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
this used to open mysql up and allow me to start creating databases. Now it says: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
2) I didn't know what that meant, but I went and checked the status in my system preferences MySQL tab. It says the MySQL Server is Stopped. So I clicked "Start MySQL Server". It does not start, it stays stopped. I also have tried starting it directly in the terminal with:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
It displays "Starting MySQL...." then displays: "ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file."
I haven't changed anything since the last time that I used it, the only thing I can think of is I installed the latest OS X system update. I'm new to all this, so I don't know what much of the technical syntax means at all, so try not to overwhelm me with technical stuff without explaining it as you go along.
1) I type in /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
this used to open mysql up and allow me to start creating databases. Now it says: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
2) I didn't know what that meant, but I went and checked the status in my system preferences MySQL tab. It says the MySQL Server is Stopped. So I clicked "Start MySQL Server". It does not start, it stays stopped. I also have tried starting it directly in the terminal with:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
It displays "Starting MySQL...." then displays: "ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file."
I haven't changed anything since the last time that I used it, the only thing I can think of is I installed the latest OS X system update. I'm new to all this, so I don't know what much of the technical syntax means at all, so try not to overwhelm me with technical stuff without explaining it as you go along.
