Cannot connect to server(XAMPP 5.5)

[dianagaby2002]

Warning: mysql_connect(): The server requested authentication method unknown to the client [mysql_old_password] in 

mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die(mysql_error());

It worked yesterday...

[requinix]

So what changed since yesterday? Because if it worked yesterday and not today then something did change.

[dianagaby2002]

So what changed since yesterday? Because if it worked yesterday and not today then something did change.

Good question...I even reinstalled it and still...But my code is ok because it's the same I used 1 week ago...hmm

[QuickOldCar]

Old 16 character long password hash?

 

Did php or mysql get updated?

 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/set-password.html

SET PASSWORD FOR 'username'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('thepassword')

 

Basically you need to set the password again

 

You can look in my.cnf and comment out this line, restart the server

old-passwords = 1

[dianagaby2002]

Old 16 character long password hash?

 

Did php or mysql get updated?

 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/set-password.html

SET PASSWORD FOR 'username'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('thepassword')

 

Basically you need to set the password again

 

You can look in my.cnf and comment out this line, restart the server

old-passwords = 1

 

#1133 - Can't find any matching row in the user table 

 

And I don't have my.cnf file

[dianagaby2002]

Which XAMPP version has a PHP that accepts this syntax: 

mysql_connect();

[QuickOldCar]

As of right now all should as the latest XAMPP uses php version 5.6.12, in future versions of php mysql_* functions will be gone, right now are deprecated.

 

Use mysqli_* or pdo

 

I doubt it's your issue, save your database and try a reinstall.

 

You can copy your databases inside the mysql folder directly in the application, then place them back after reinstall.

Edited September 24, 2015 by QuickOldCar