Mysql Error – SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002]

I have come across the following error:
Mysql Error – SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory
To solve this, you need to open up your php.ini file (mine was in /etc/). Look for the following line:

pdo_mysql.default_socket=/var/mysql/mysql.sock

If that line exists for you, try changing it to:

pdo_mysql.default_socket=/tmp/mysql.sock

Restart apache after saving, and that’s all I had to do.
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