Guess that would have been helpful.

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user:
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: YES) in
/home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/test/global.php on line 74
Couldn't connect to server.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect


On Thursday 04 November 2004 06:22, Ben Miller wrote:
> I am having trouble connecting to a database on another server.  I have
the
> following for the connection, but it seems to be overriding the value for
> the $host variable, and replacing it with localhost.  Anyone got any
ideas?
>
>  $host="domain.com";
>  $user="username";
>  $password="password";
>  $database="dbname";
>  $connection = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password)
>   or die ("Couldn't connect to server.");
>  $db = mysql_select_db($database,$connection)
>   or die ("Couldn't select database.");

What does mysql_error() say?

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