Platform: Windows 7.
Layers: Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
Joomla! 3.x.x (but probably all the others also).

I am working on a new project, which requires establishing the connection between Joomla! 3.x.x and MySQL server via named pipe. I am able to establish the connection only via the named pipe with conventional name - 'mysql'.

The issue: Joomla! is not able to make connection with MySQL if the named pipe has unconventional name (i.e. ‘mysqlsomething’).

I have tried to go into Joomla’s code, but was not able to find a clue of what is wrong might be going on (lack of knowledge in programing). However, the situation is suggesting that the ability of Joomla to connect to MySQL via named pipe with unconventional name is not implemented at all. Or perhaps, this is a major flaw or bug in the Joomla! project.

Please, note also, that there is no settings in Joomla to choose the name of pipe ('socket'). According to Joomlas documentation, it is possible to change the port in Joomla, if it follows after ":" in " public $host = 'some_host' ". But there is nothing like that attributed to the 'socket'.

I would really appreciate if someone would take a look into and try to resolve the issue. Please give me a clue where to start looking for the solution in the code of joomla-cms so I could dig into it myself also.

Thanks.