Hi, Im sure this is a stupid problem but im a bit confused, and some assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Im trying to assist with the maintenance/updating of a php site for a school which uses mysql, and is allready up and running on a remote server. I have the ftp username and password, and i can access the php/html side of things no problems, but i want to connect to the mysql database on the server, and as stupid as it sounds, i have no idea how to go about connecting. Ive used mysql before, not very efficiently, but never have had to set it up, i was always told the program and connection details. I downloaded a mysql program (enginsite MySql client) and tried to connect but am not having any luck and have no idea what the port is supposed to be... the detail i have are: (of course ive undisclosed the username/passwords) DOMAIN ACCOUNT DETAILS Domain Name: www.mhmcindia.org FTP DETAILS Host Name / IP Address: 216.67.234.167 or ftp.mhmcindia.org username: <undisclosed> password: <undisclosed> and the PHP connects through the script (on the remote server of course) $host="localhost"; $username="<undisclosed>"; $password="<undisclosed>"; $db="<undisclosed>"; $link = mysql_connect($host, $username,$password) or die("Could not connect : " . mysql_error()); mysql_select_db($db) or die("Could not select database"); Is there anyway i can connect to the mysql database with these details? if so how? Im sorry for asking seemingly obvious questions, but some assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sana