Cannot connect to external MySQL

[Anon]

Hi,

I get this message, when I try to connect to a MySQL-db, which sits on another server. So I have one server running my php-scripts, and on some other machine there is the mysql-db.

I always get this message:

Cannot connect to database...

I have - I really do:-) - the right params, so I mean db-name, username, password, domain etc.
I also tried to connect to the domain, also to the ip (the ip of the machine with the mysql-db on it), I also tried to give the port (123:3066) and so on but I still get the same message.

There is no firewall, so that is not the problem...

What can I do/try?

Dave.

[Anon]

you could try

$host = "www.somewhere.xxx:3306";

It's always a little difficult connecting
to a remote server to do your MySQL, it
also slows things down.

Many servers don't allow this, better check first.

hope this is of some help.

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