I have literally just started using php and my sql so I really hope somebody can help me and I am addressing the right people as I don't want to be a pain in the neck. I have tested whether PHP is installed and running on the remote web server that hosts my website and it is running ok. Next I wanted to see if I could access MySQL using PHP. I downloaded a file from a Web site at janet.valade.com called mysql_up.php as it comes from a book she has written called PHP & MySQL for Dummies which is the book I am using to learn - as you can tell I am right at the beginning :-) . I get an error message which relates to lines 9, 10 and 11 of the program which are: $host="host"; $user="mysqlaccount"; $password="mysqlpassword"; These were the values I had to change which I guess is where the problem is. I was supposed to change host to the name of the computer where MySQL is installed. But I do not know what name I should put, the name of my site is spanishbyproz.com. In the example Janet uses she puts datebasehost.mycompany.com . What should I write for host ? I would really appreciate any advice and am sorry it is such a basic question. Many thanks in advance, Steve
