I have tried to get php and postgresql to communicate but nothing works. I've tried tcpip_socket = true. That does not help. I've tried not specifing hostname or port. That does not help. I'm running fedora 2. I have read all over the internet and this seems to be an issue since red hat 7.3. If anybody has an easy solution to my problem please let me know. If there's a better distrobution out there let me know. It is sad when red hat does not fix a problem for so long.