Testing php / mysqli connection

Question

I am looking for a way to test just the connection portion of a php / mysqli connection. I am migrating from a LAMP server build on Vista to the same on Ubuntu and am havin

Answer 1

For test php connection in you terminal execute:

$ php -r 'var_dump(mysqli_connect("localhost:/tmp/mysql.sock", "MYSQL_USER", "MYSQL_PASS",
     "DBNAME));'