How to configure Mysql server

[Susanz81]

Dear all, I am using easyphp. It is showing mysql server was started. But, How can I connect or configure this server?

[commandos]

Right click on the icon in the sidebar --> configuration --> mysql .

[Susanz81]

It opens just a notepad. But the following program not executing.

Program:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect();
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
?>

[commandos]

you need to put a user name , password , connection

exactly like any web application

[TechEvangelist]

Unless you already have a database application installed, you will need to set up a user and a database before you can connect. Without that, you have nothing to connect to.

You need to read some articles about working with MySQL. Commandos is right. You are not using a valid MySQL connection.

You first need to connect a user, then you need to select a database. You can do both with the following line of code:
mysql_select_db('$database', mysql_connect('localhost','$username','$password')) or die(mysql_error() );
}

Just substitute the proper values for the variables.