mysql conection error

[Anon]

With this code:

<?php
$link = mysql_connect ("localhost", "username", "password")
or die ("Could not connect");
print ("Connected successfully");
mysql_close ($link);
?>

I get this error:

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: 'username@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /home/httpd/html/index.php3 on line 2
Could not connect

The database and the php script both runs on "localhost".

The username and password for the mysql database is valid since i can connect to the database with this user manually.

[Anon]

Why not change a user and password then try again.
I think the code you wrote is correct and the script can runing success commonly.
If you use linux,Maybe the process of mysqld
is not active in your system.
Inspect it by type "ps -eaf|grep mysqld".

[Anon]

Mysql deamon is running, because that is what is giving the access denied message.

Look at the permissions.
You are getting an access denied for Localhost.
It's possible that when you normally connect, mysql identifies you as user@hostname, not user@localhost.
You may have to add permission for user@localhost in your Mysql deamon.