CODE EXAMPLE FOR SQL

warning: mysqli::__construct(): (hy000/2002):

If it's a PHP issue, you could simply alter the configuration file php.ini wherever it's located and update the settings for PORT/SOCKET-PATH etc to make it connect to the server.

In my case, I opened the file php.ini and did

mysql.default_socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
mysqli.default_socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock