Re: PHP (32 bit) on IIS7.5 and MySQL 5.1.45 (64 bit) -> established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond

Sumarliði Einar Daðason wrote:

I have setup PHP (32 bit) on IIS7.5 and MySQL 5.1.45 (64 bit) with success. phpinfo() shows the MySQL extension loaded, but when I try to use mysql_connect( $host, $user, $password ) in a PHP script I get following error: PHP Warning: mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: [2002] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306) in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\old\index.php on line 29 I have search on the Internet for a solution for this but without any luck. Any ideas?

Yes, first check that MySQL is actually listening on port 3306 ("Netstat" should do that trick), and, if it is, try turning your firewall off. What is the value of $host? KDK