Re: Database connection problem

Hi, Genenally you can use 'localhost' as the hostname username 'root' and the password is blank. I beleive this is a default user when mysql is installed. The details about how to connect are in the database 'mysql' and the table 'user'. You should probably add a new user specifically for your php scripts to this table. NOTE: If you do add a new user you will need to restart mysql before it can be accessed via the new user. Hope that helps. > Hi, can anyone help me with this problem. > I'm trying to connect to a MySQL database on my computer, I don't have > a hostname for it, so I just insert the IP, something like this. > > ... > mysql_cos? > Thanks. > -Chris