Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'

Create the directory if it is not there:
Code:
sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld/

touch the file to create it
Code:
sudo touch /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

change the ownership of the folder and socket to the mysql user
Code:
sudo chown mysql /var/run/mysqld/
sudo chown mysql /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

mysql grant privileges

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASENAME.* TO 'USERNAME'@'HOST' identified by 'PASSWORD';
flush privileges;