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Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to use XAMPP with a database I have set up on my hosting site but it doesnt seem to want to connect to it.

This is what I'm using in my PHP Page:

$con = mysql_connect("sql.000webhost.com","Username","password");
mysql_select_db("username_db", $con);

This is the error I'm getting:

Warning: mysql_connect(): A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\xampp\htdocs\SFGWebsite\index.php on line 88

Thank you.

A couple of things

A. Some hosters don't allow remote connections (particularly on their cheapo plans).

B. The user you are authenticating as may not have wildcard host privileges -- i.e. the permissions may be for "user"@"localhost".

Good Luck

Can you explain the second part a little bit? and the "username" and "password" stuff actually has real and correct info, I just omitted it for security reasons in my post.

In your database on the hosted server or VPS, the database user you authenticate with must have privileges for hosts other than 'localhost' (the default host).

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/ ... names.html

Good Luck