[tlug] Default Mysql configuration files; PHP database . . . . . . . . (was Re: Socket error when connecting to MySQL)

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote:

> What is very, very odd is that I seem to neither have a my.cnf file or a 
> mysql.sock file anywhere on my system anymore. I've tried using 
> "updatedb" and "locate" to find either, and came up with nothing.

Also try as root: 

   find / >files; # this will take a long time
   grep my.cnf files
   grep mysql.sock files

> I'm a little mystified as to why phpMyAdmin and my own PHP scripts are 
> able to function without MySQL having these files in place.

Is PHP using its own native database instead of mysql?