MySQL connection

[Anon]

Can you connect via mysql client to a remote server (in another city)? If you can, what should I fill in the MySQL server's name (an IP address, something like servername@IPaddress)? Thanks

[badman]

use this function
int mysql_connect ([string hostname [:port] [:/path/to/socket] [, string username [, string password]]])

for more see mysql functions in the php docs

available at www.php.net

[catalinus]

I was asking for a way to connect to a MySQL server through a MySQL client. I know how to establish a php connection to a MySQL server.
This is also possible via the PHPMyAdmin, but I am concerned on a way of connection through the MySQL client