Re: php pg_connect fails, pgsql works - RESOLVED

Yes, the command-line client works fine that way.

Turns out the problem was SELinux permissions that had to be
specifically enabled.

Thanks for the suggestions and the help.

-- john

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:14 PM, John Cartwright
> <John(dot)C(dot)Cartwright(at)noaa(dot)gov> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm using php 5.1.6 on a RHEL 5 system connecting to a postgresql server
>> version 8.2.3. I think that TCP connections are enabled correctly in
>> the server's pg_hba.conf and I can successfully connect from the client
>> using pgsql. However, trying to use pg_connect() w/ a call like:
>>
>> $con = pg_connect("host='postgres1.ngdc.noaa.gov' port=5432
>> sslmode='allow' user='test' password='mypassword' dbname='test'")
>>
>
> if you do psql like so, can it connect?
>
> psql -h postgres1.ndgc.noaa.gov -U test test
>
> ?
>