installation help

[zeusthegreat]

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

[sunfighter]

In your connect_to_mysql.php script change these lines:

mysql_connect("$db_host","$db_username","$db_pass") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
mysql_select_db("$db_name") or die ("no database");

 

to:

$link = mysql_connect("$db_host","$db_username","$db_pass") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
$link = mysql_select_db("$db_name") or die ("no database");

[zeusthegreat]

have tryed it but it gives the same result

 

 

 

( ! ) 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 0.0052 666856 {main}( ) ..\mysql_quicktest.php:0

2 0.0060 672552 require( 'C:\wamp\www\myNewweb\storescripts\connect_to_mysql.php' ) ..\mysql_quicktest.php:6

3 0.0060 673520 mysql_connect ( ) ..\connect_to_mysql.php:19

 

could not connect to mysql

 

 

have looked into this error and it saya that it is usually username or password errors

[fenway]

Then you don't have the right password.

[zeusthegreat]

sorry for being ignorant

 

download wamp server stack

install it

after installation

 

name db

add new user

 

is this where i am going wrong adding a new user

 

 

what section of wamp server do you put your username and password in

 

as i cannot see where you put your db credentials in phpmyadmin

 

as i am doing this database on my local machine

 

i will carry on with what i do

 

 

add a new user

 

username and password  written down

 

 

create user

 

then after that i try to recieve my connection message through my browser

 

and i get the message that indicates that my password is incorrect.

 

tryed uninstalling and reinstalling to  no resolve

[zeusthegreat]

just created another database and applied username and password to it and it worked, so does this mean that your username and password are stored on a mysql server.

[fenway]

just created another database and applied username and password to it and it worked, so does this mean that your username and password are stored on a mysql server.

I don't understand what that means.