How to set default port on MySQL for Mac

Question

On OSX when I try to use the following:

resources.db.adapter = "pdo_mysql"
resources.db.params.dbname = "myDb"
resources.db.params.host = "localhost"
resources.db.params.username = "root"
resources.db.params.password = ""

I get the following error

Warning: PDO::__construct(): [2002] No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///var/mysql/mysql.sock) in /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php on line 129

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory' in /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php:129
Stack trace:
#0 /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php(129): PDO->__construct('mysql:dbname=gl...', 'myDb', '', Array)
#1 /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php(96): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract->_connect()
#2 /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(858): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql->_connect()
#3 /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(928): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->quote('asdf@asd...', NULL)
#4 /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Select.php(1000): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->quoteInto('email = ?', 'asdf@asd...', NULL)
#5 /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zen in /Library/WebServer/sites/testweb/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php on line 144

If I add :3306 then it works

resources.db.params.host = "localhost:3306"

However then windows machines have problems connecting like that.

Is there a way to have OSX connect on just localhost mysql default port?

Answer 1

To use 'localhost' as an ip instead of having unix systems attempting to connect to the socket, simply provide the ip-address instead of 'localhost' - 127.0.0.1

resources.db.params.host = 127.0.0.1

To specify the port, you should use the separate line in your resource configuration if necessary:

resources.db.params.port = 3306

Answer 2

Mountain Lion with MAMP solution:

sudo ln -f /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.4/bin/php /usr/bin/php