all i am doing is producing a database on my local machine
i have named my database in phpmyadmin
and linked (created) a user for it in the privaleges section also highlighting a password for the user
then i have a connect_to_mysql.php script
<?php
/*
1: "die()" will exit the script and show an error statement if something goes wrong with the "connect" or "select" functions.
2: A "mysql_connect()" error usually means your username/password are wrong
3: A "mysql_select_db()" error usually means the database does not exist.
*/
// Place db host name. Sometimes "localhost" but
// sometimes looks like this: >> ???mysql??.someserver.net
$db_host = "localhost";
// Place the username for the MySQL database here
$db_username = "talos342c";
// Place the password for the MySQL database here
$db_pass = "dollybrom1";
// Place the name for the MySQL database here
$db_name = "mydbstore";
// Run the actual connection here
mysql_connect("$db_host","$db_username","$db_pass") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
mysql_select_db("$db_name") or die ("no database");
?>
then i have a mysql_quicktest.php
<?php
// Connect to the file above here
require "connect_to_mysql.php";
echo "<h1>Success in database connection! Happy Coding!</h1>";
// if no success the script would have died before this success message
?>
and they are saved in a file called storescripts both of the above files
so i then proceed to try to seeif i can get a connection
http//localhost/myNewweb/storescripts/mysql_quicktest.php
! ) Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'talos342c'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\wamp\www\myNewweb\storescripts\connect_to_mysql.php on line 19
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0021 666856 {main}( ) ..\mysql_quicktest.php:0
2 0.0037 672280 require( 'C:\wamp\www\myNewweb\storescripts\connect_to_mysql.php' ) ..\mysql_quicktest.php:3
3 0.0038 673248 mysql_connect ( ) ..\connect_to_mysql.php:19
could not connect to mysql