Mysql Alternate port

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I actually did try that and for some reason it didn't work as I assumed it was using mysql_connect but because I didn't know how the CI framework handled it when it didn't work I just figured CI did something hinky with the information and what I added was malformed.

I did however go against the advise just out of pure curiosity because I need to figure out how CI works under the hood and got a solution to work with 2 lines adding it to 2 places.

mysql_driver.php - Before

Code:

function db_connect()
{
    return @mysql_connect($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, TRUE);
}

mysql_driver.php - After

Code:

function db_connect()
{
    $port = ($this->port == '') ? '' : ":".$this->port;
        
    return @mysql_connect($this->hostname.$port, $this->username, $this->password, TRUE);
}

And I did that to db_pconnect() function too.

So now it can use the $db['defualt']['port'] = "portnumber"; just fine

edit: I did a little revision looking and it looks like i typed in the hostname wrong when I originaly tried to do the port so it was my bad. Hopefully this will be a non-issue in the future as it can be done both ways.