RE: [PHP] FW: I really need help

You will have to find that information out through whoever your host is. There is no one configuration for that. The first question to ask is did you create a MySQL database? If you did, then find out whatever the host was for doing that. Many times, your host will put it at mysql.___domainname___.com, so since you have "spanishbyproz.com", you can probably try mysql.spanishbyproz.com. -Logan > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hernandez [mailto:sjhernandez@btinternet.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:29 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] FW: I really need help > > I have literally just started using php and my sql so I really hope > somebody can help me and I am addressing the right people as I don't > want to be a pain in the neck. I have tested whether PHP is installed > and running on the remote web server that hosts my website and it is > running ok. > Next I wanted to see if I could access MySQL using PHP. I downloaded a > file from a Web site at janet.valade.com called mysql_up.php as it > comes > from a book she has written called PHP & MySQL for Dummies which is the > book I am using to learn - as you can tell I am right at the beginning > :-) . > I get an error message which relates to lines 9, 10 and 11 of the > program which are: > $host="host"; > $user="mysqlaccount"; > $password="mysqlpassword"; > > These were the values I had to change which I guess is where the > problem > is. I was supposed to change host to the name of the computer where > MySQL is installed. But I do not know what name I should put, the name > of my site is spanishbyproz.com. In the example Janet uses she puts > datebasehost.mycompany.com . What should I write for host ? > > I would really appreciate any advice and am sorry it is such a basic > question. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Steve