Since upgrading to 1.7.2 from 1.6.xx, my development sites running on Xampp can no longer connect to an external DB
Error message is
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host 'dbxxxx.oneandone.co.uk' (11004) in C:\xampp\htdocs\xxxxx\db.php on line 9
Couldn't connect to MySQL
Nothing has been changed at the server side so its either a version issue or a Xampp config issue.
Someone has suggest that its a conflict with MySQLi and 1and1.
Anyone else with the problem and what was the solution?