Re: mysql_connect does not connect

The webpage of coarse, is not local, regardless of where its hosted, so a firewall will come into play when trying to connect. You dont have disable it, i should have been specifc i suppose, you must allow for the mysql port to be open. :) Whats for others to confirm, try it yourself and see if it works. Jason "Sam Hobbs" <SoCalSam@GMail.com> wrote: > > "Jason Davidson" <jdavidson@zworg.com> wrote in message > news:496.1095142569@zworg.com... > > Windows XP Firewall, or any other firewall for that matter must be off. > > Jason > > Can someone else confirm that this is correct? > > For one thing, when I use MySQL directly outside of a web page, it works. > The sample C program works. > > For another thing, I doubt very immensely that everyone using mysql_connect > does not use a firewall. Even if anyone else does, I will not. It would have > been quite unreasonable for the developers of PHP to develop software with > that requirement, but I doubt it was. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >