problem connecting to mysql db

[johnQ]

Hi,

i have this code hosted on portland free hosting:
<?php
$user="XX";
$pass="XX";
$db = mysql_connect(freesql.org",$user,$pass);
mysql_select_db("dbname",$db);
?>

and i try to connect a mysql db i have created at
http://www.freesql.org/
when i access that php page with the code above i get:
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'freesql.org' (78) in /host/i/l/p/p/o/r/ilpu.port5.com/sql.php on line 4

and i can access phpmyadmin via http://www.freesql.org/ .
any chance the free host doesn't let me connect remote db's?
anyone?

[ScubaKing22]

If your page is hosted on freesql.org, then the host is most likely localhost. If it's not hosted there, you'd have to ask your host if they allow remote connections and what the host name is or check in phpMyAdmin as it usually shows the host and username.