Re: [PHP] mysql_connect noob question

On 4/19/2013 9:33 PM, Glob Design Info wrote:
> They aren't on the same server. The DB is on xeround.com, the web server
> is localhost.
>
> The host value is set and working. If I hard-code the user and password
> values in the mysql_connect() call and leave the host value as is, it
> connects fine. Only passing the user and password from the form cause it
> to fail.
>
>
> On 4/19/13 5:47 PM, David Robley wrote:
>> Glob Design Info wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry. The error displayed is:
>>>
>>> *Warning*: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect
>>> <http://localhost/wservices/function.mysql-connect>]: Access denied for
>>> user '<user>'@'ip70-162-142-180.ph.ph.cox.net' (using password: YES) in
>>> */Library/WebServer/Documents/wservices/connect.php* on line *29*
>>>
>>> (But with the real user name, not just '<user>')
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> On 4/19/13 3:28 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Glob Design Info <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I know this has probably been answered already.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I pass a user name and password from a form to my PHP script and
>>>>> then pass those to mysql_connect it doesn't connect. When I paste
>>>>> those
>>>>> exact same values into mysql_connect as string literals it works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone tell me why this happens?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know the strings are identical to the literals I try in a test but
>>>>> they don't work when submitted via form.
>>>>>
>>>>> $form_user = $_POST[ 'user' ];
>>>>> $form_pass = $_POST[ 'password' ];
>>>>>
>>>>> # Connect to remote DB
>>>>>
>>>>> $LINK = mysql_connect( $host, $form_user, $form_pass );
>>>>
>>>> Please show the error you are getting from the mysql_connect
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And yes, my $host param is correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>
>> First guess is that you don't have privileges for
>> '<user>'@'ip70-162-142-180.ph.ph.cox.net', but you may have privileges
>> for
>> '<user>'.
>>
>> And, what are you using for the $host value? If the script and mysql
>> are on
>> the same server, it shouldn't need to be anything other than 'localhost'.
>>
Do your user or password contain spaces, thereby requiring quotes in 
your call?