On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Jim Lucas <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/28/2012 12:58 PM, admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> >> Guys, >> I am not quiet sure what is happening but every time i try to connect to a >> remote host it refers back to localhost. >> >> $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=171.16.23.44;**dbname=test', >> 'user','password'); >> >> ERROR: Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in >> /var/www/html/text.php >> >> Any clue as to WHY it keeps referring back to localhost when i clearly >> set the >> host parameter to another server. >> I checked the /etc/hosts records to see if there was a referral for that >> domain >> back to it's self there is NOT. >> >> > There is a warning on the following page that talks about a possible issue > with connections. Might give it a look. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/**ref.pdo-mysql.connection.php<http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-mysql.connection.php> > > -- > Jim Lucas > > http://www.cmsws.com/ > http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > specify a user from your IP ( not the server IP: 171.16.23.44 ) and try again.. If u dont have static IP, set host parameter for user: % means any host. and connect.