Xampp - Can't connect to MySQL via Phpmyadmin

[Crazydave1990]

Guys, I'm literally on the verge of tearing my hair out!

 

I'm new to PHP, been practicing the syntax - I just can't connect my Php code to the MySQL server! It's driving me bonkers!

 

<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "admin", "1admin") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to MySQL<br />";
?>
(taken from here http://www.tizag.com/mysqlTutorial/mysqlconnection.php)

 

I have typed that in (replacing the username/password info with my own), I have set-up new users with full authorisation in the phpmyadmin, I have also created an admin user, with the 1admin password, its definitely localhost.

 

Heck, I even changed localhost to 127.0.0.1, username to root and password to nothing, still won't connect! literally keep getting HTML Error 404!!!!

 

I have copied and pasted that code to the letter!

 

Please guys, help! According to that tutorial website, what I'm doing should work, yet it's not?

 

I can access my localhost via browser by typing either localhost or 127.0.0.1 =[

 

 

[Pikachu2000]

You're getting an http error, not a MySQL error. The file doesn't exist in the location you're trying to call it from. What directory did you save the file in?

[Crazydave1990]

You Bloody Genius!!!!! 

 

Thank you!

 

 

I installed SQL on my other PC, didn't realize I wasn't saving my stuff in the xampp folder, checked that! Boom! soon as I pressed f5, worked!

 

Thanks man, a prime case of checking the simple stuff first. Thanks!

[Pikachu2000]

Well then, there you have it