Mysql Connection Error :(

[TRshady]

Following This Tutorial, I have got This Far and can't connect .

I replaced this:

<?
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#036;dbcx = mysql_connect("localhost","username","passw0rd");

To This:

<?
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#036;dbcx = mysql_connect("localhost","db_user","passwordiset");

But it wont connect, the database is called db_tutorial if thats supposed to replace anything, please help someone, trying this (what should be simple tut), but am always getting more problems

[TRshady]

:&#39;( Please Someone .......
I&#39;m following a beginners guide, lol, so someone must be able to point out what I&#39;m doing wrong ...

[I.am]

TRShady, it seems the password is set wrong. Check the case of the password.


Edit: Where is the mysql server hosted?

[TRshady]

The mysql server is hosted on the same server. Got 10gbs as a part of a hosting package. Thanks though, I&#39;ll try adding another user and password.

[TRshady]

I feel stupid ... please ignore me from now on, lol.
The connection strings is directly underneath the db in cpanel ... I always wondered what they&#39;re there for, lol. Thanks for trying to help

[I.am]

Originally posted by TRshady@16 December 2003 - 17:15
I feel stupid ... please ignore me from now on, lol.
The connection strings is directly underneath the db in cpanel ... I always wondered what they&#39;re there for, lol. Thanks for trying to help

You&#39;re most welcome

So what was the problem?

[TRshady]

First off, the username was wrong, instead of &#39;user&#39;, it has to be put as trshady_user ... and same applies to database needing a prefix of &#39;trshady_&#39;.

[I.am]

TRShady, it seems the password is set wrong. Check the case of the password.

I was close

[TRshady]

True
While I&#39;m here, one thing I wanna know:

should dbs be controlled by phpmyadmin or by code?
Im looking for some decent tuts but all the ones I find require you to enter actual code and I have no idea where to add all the code to create tables, add id names etc, as phpmyadmin does this automatically.

[TRshady]

<bump> people ......

Im using ashosting, have ftp and a cpanel ...... how do I create databses with code? ... only way I see is with the use of cpanel.