I have used the mysql_connect() to connect to the wordpress DB but am getting the error as...
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', '---my DB name---');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', '---my user name----');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '---my password---');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', '----host name----');
mysql_connect(DB_HOST,DB_USER,DBPASSWORD,DB_NAME);
Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'