1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mysql.php b/lib/mysql.php
index 215e045..a0ebb5a 100644
--- a/lib/mysql.php
+++ b/lib/mysql.php
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ namespace {
                 $password = ini_get('mysqli.default_pw') ?: null;
             }
 
+            $socket = '';
+            if (strpos($hostname, ':/') === 0) {
+                // it's a unix socket
+                $socket = $hostname;
+                $hostname = 'localhost';
+            }
+
             $hash = sha1($hostname . $username . $flags);
             /* persistent connections start with p: */
             /* don't use a cached link for those */
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ namespace {
                     $password,
                     '',
                     $port,
-                    '',
+                    $socket,
                     $flags
                 );