PHP/MySQL Access Denied

Everybody's favorite problem but this one is strange. I can connect to my mysql 4.1.7 database fine from the command line, but php won't connect no matter what I try, I always get the same error. Here is the script <?php $link = mysql_connect("localhost:3306", "xoops", "notmypassword" ); /* check connection */ if (!$link) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysql_error()); exit(); } /* close connection */ $mysql->close(); ?> This is what I get, doesn't matter what username/password I use, or whether I use a socket or TCP/IP to connect. Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) I find it annoying that it insists I am trying to connect as root with no password, when that is not the case. I know about the 4.1 password issues and that should not have anything to do with this error. It also does this if I set the passwords to NULL in the script and database. Anyone have any help for me? Tod Schmidt System Administrator The Nature Conservancy tschmidt@tnc.org (703) 841-2028 (Phone) (703) 276-0713 (Fax)