acer88 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I am just starting out learning PHP and have been trying to connect to a MYSQL DB as a tutorial.I get this error:[quote]Warning: mysql_connect(): Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client in C:\Program Files\Top Systems\Top PHP Studio\project\index~tps~~tps~.php on line 5[/quote]and this is my code:[quote]<?$db = "gene";$link = mysql_connect( "localhost", "root", "gene" );if ( ! $link ) die("Couldn't Connect to mysql" ); mysql_select_db( $db) or die ("Couldn't open $db: ".mysql_error() ) ?>[/quote]I have MYSQl 5 installed and PHP4 running. What am I ding wrong here?? thanks from a newbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobber205 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Trying addign a ":" after localhost and put a port, maybe 80 or 8889. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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