Re: php can't connect to postgresql server

2006/7/3, Clodoaldo Pinto <clodoaldo(dot)pinto(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> php can't connect to postgresql server
>
> php error log message:
>
> PHP Warning: pg_connect() [<a
> href='function.pg-connect'>function.pg-connect</a>]: Unable to connect
> to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission
> denied\n\tIs the server running on host &quot;127.0.0.1&quot; and
> accepting\n\tTCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
> php connection string:
>
> $conn_string = "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=dbname
> user=username password=password";
>
> Also tried host=localhost
>
> pg_hba:
>
> host dbname username 127.0.0.1/32 md5
>
> I can connect as that user with psql:
>
> $ psql -h localhost -U username dbname
> Password for user username:
> Welcome to psql 8.1.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
>
> This same setup works in another server running 8.0. Differences:
>
> old server | new server
> FC3 | FC5
> php 4.3.11 | php 5.1.4
> httpd 2.0 | httpd 2.2
>
> What else should I check? I am out of ideas.

The same script running from another server can connect to the new
server using this pg_hba entry:
host dbname usename xx.xx.xxx.xx/32 md5

Clodoaldo