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Databases

Matthew Root
Matthew Root
5,392 Points
Posted by Matthew Root
Matthew Root
5,392 Points

.php connection to database

Hey! I am attempting to connect to my hostgator (phpmyadmin) database. When I plug in run my PDO: try { $db = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=$dbname;port=3306"$username","$password"); var_dump($db); } catch (PDOEXCEPTION $e){ echo $e->getMessage(); exit; }

This error is what I get in my browser when I punch in my connection.php: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[28000] [1045] Access denied for user...

Any thoughts I what I am doing wrong? Thanks!

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I would double check the user permissions for that database. It would seem that either the user doesn't exist, or they don't have sufficient rights to access that database.