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PHP Using PHP with MySQL Connecting PHP to MySQL Getting Started with PDO

Posted by Jason Bunnell
Jason Bunnell
2,506 Points

PHP and MySQL

I can't seem to get this to work... http://imgur.com/yhddh4M Any idea what I am doing wrong?

3 Answers

Curtis Schrum
Curtis Schrum
10,174 Points
Curtis Schrum
Curtis Schrum
10,174 Points

Jason,

What is your var_dump showing you? Are you on a MAC or a PC? Are you sure your root user has a password?

Jason Bunnell
Jason Bunnell
2,506 Points
Jason Bunnell
Jason Bunnell
2,506 Points

I don't think it is showing me anything. At least when I load the above page, I get nothing. I am running a Mac. I don't know about the password. I am using the db that was set up by the SQL script in the sample documents supplied with the course work. I assumed since they said to use root as the password that was how they set it up.

Curtis Schrum
Curtis Schrum
10,174 Points
Curtis Schrum
Curtis Schrum
10,174 Points

Well when you setup MAMMP and MySQL for it it builds a localhost root user. Try leaving the password out, (the last root) just leave "" marks to designate its empty. Have you done the Database Foundations with Andrew Chalkley? If not it is an excellent source of information on the entire Database system I took it even though I knew SQL already and learned a lot of things from it.