Using this command to create a symbol link to mysql.sock in Mac

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If run mysql_connect() in php cli and return this error:

PHP Warning:  mysql_connect(): [2002] No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///var/mysql/mysql.sock) in Command line code on line 1PHP Warning:  mysql_connect(): No such file or directory in Command line code on line 1

Using this command to create a symbol link to mysql.sock in Mac

mysql.sock.sh

# XAMPP
sudo ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock


# MAMP
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock


# AMPPS
sudo ln -s /Applications/AMPPS/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock

In my case.
sudo ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock