I bought a dedicated server and installed MySQL 1. 3306 port is open 2. Remote administration in allowed Now I wanna create a user to access a database in my server I created a user like this Code: mysql> CREATE USER 'temp'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass'; mysql> GRANT SELECT PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'temp'@'localhost'; mysql> CREATE USER 'temp'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass'; mysql> GRANT SELECT PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'temp'@'%'; now how I am going to access the database remotely ? I wanna extract some information using php to connect I need details of the server ? PHP: $hostname = ;$user = 'temp';$pass ='some_pass';$db= 'mydb';#connection code.... I am lil confused here that how my code will access the databse without a proper host name ! I tried to give my dedicated server IP but no use it din work !? can any 1 advice me on how to configure ?
sorry I couldn't edit this post another question ? therer are two IP's in the server 1. dedicated server IP 2. client IP which 1 I should use ?
Your host should be the IP address of your PC where MySQL server is installed. If you are connecting only through local network your local ip or else your global static IP
if I use ipconfig command and get the IP will that IP usefull for me to connect to the mysql server ?
What is your PC name and you can use the name of your PC as well to connect if you are just connecting in LAN
thx shaab... I figured out there were two IP's one finishes like this xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2 next xxx.xxx.xxx.xx3 I tried with the xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2 din work but later after seeing the ipconfig I used the second 1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xx3 it worked 4 me any way thx for helping ! shab BTW some hosting providers give host names like sb.hostingserver.com how they map to the db server ? is it a DNS ?
