Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Question

i am trying to connect mysql database on ubuntu server from my php web application then i get the following error message

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

please help me, how to remove it ?

Answer 1

things to check:

• does the socket exists?
• is mysqld running?
• do you provide the correct credentials to access mysqld via the socket?