beachcomber Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Hi, I have a requirement to allow remote access to my mysql database. I\'ve read a million threads on this subject and none of them seem to give clear instructions on how to do this. I tried the following code. where $db_hostname is the ip address of the server. $db_hostname= xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx $db_username="XXXXX"; $db_password="YYYYYY"; if(!mysql_connect("$db_hostname","$db_username","$db_password")) { echo "SQL_ERROR: Cannot connect to Database: $db_name<br>"; exit(); } else { echo "Connection successful"; } This produced the following set of errors. Warning: Access denied for user: \'XXXXXX@ns0.ennsol.co.uk\' (Using password: YES) in /www/html/_codebase/connect/remote_connect.php on line 22 Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: \'XXXXX@ns0.ennsol.co.uk\' (Using password: YES) in /home/virtual/site97/fst/var/www/html/_codebase/connect/remote_connect.php on line 22 SQL_ERROR: Cannot connect to Database: testbed_ennsol_co_uk If I use localhost as the db_hostname I connect without any problems. What do I have to do to allow a remote connection to the database? Is this a coding issue or is there a setting on the server that needs to be changed? All help and suggestion greatfully received! Rob Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1002-how-do-i-connect-to-remote-mysql-database/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalblend Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 The code works fine.. this is a server issue. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1002-how-do-i-connect-to-remote-mysql-database/#findComment-3402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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