PHP mysql_query() No such file or directory found? - php

Question

I have a MySQL database set up with Hostmysite.com. It connects just fine, and the idea of my php file is to take form values and input it into the SQL database. I am trying to create a feature that doesn't allow duplicate entries by comparing the email to see if it exists in the db...
The php code I think is right, but on die() it returns No such file or directory found??? That doesn't make sense.
<?php
//connection variables is excluded to get to the point of the problem
$con = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass, $db);
if (!$con){
die("Connection failed: " .my_sqli_connect_err());
}
$email = $_POST["email"];
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $email);
//see if email exists in database
$findEmail = "SELECT * FROM rsvpWedding WHERE email='" . $email."';";
$results = mysql_query($findEmail)or die(mysql_error());
?>
The:
$results
Returns a No such file or directory exists? I don't understand the SQL statement is correct and I believe my php code is also correct.
I don't know if this has anything to do with the problem, but this does mix:
mysqli_*();
with
mysql_*();
*****UPDATE ******
I believe I understand why I am getting that error of No such file or directory found. According to the web page : http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php When sql_query() is executed it tries to connect to a link that was executed on
sql_connect()
not
sqli_connect()
If it can't find one it will try and attempt a connection with sql_connect() with no arguments, if that fails it will generate an error.. From researching online I see that No such file or directory is normally associated with sql_connect() errors.
So i suppose my question to this post sort of changes to how do I create a resource using the sqli_* syntax. I tried
$results = mysqli_query($con, $findEmail) or die(mysql_error());
but that still doesn't work, it just skips that entire code block... doesn't even produce an error.

Answer 1

This might be caused by mysql.sock file path is not configured properly for php.
So please make sure you installed the mysql db engine, and find where the mysql.sock file is located.
Then you need to configure in php.ini file:
Find these lines, configure like the following:
mysql.default_socket = /path/mysql.sock
mysqli.default_socket = /path/mysql.sock
pdo_mysql.default_socket = /path/mysql.sock
Restart apache server and mysql service

Answer 2

You can't mix mysqli_* with mysql_*. It's safer to do it the mysqli way anyways:
//see if email exists in database
$stmt = $con->prepare('SELECT * FROM rsvpWedding WHERE email=?'); // question mark is a placeholder
$stmt->bind_param('s', $email); // 's' means it's a string
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($result); // assign the result to your $result var
$stmt->fetch();
See the docs here:
http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.prepare.php

Answer 3

your not printing anything thats why!
try using mysqli_num_rows($result)
echo that one
if its greater than zero then it exist
if none then youre all good