connection to mysql db fails because of wp in other folder?

I am trying to find out what the problem is.

I have a site where i have wordpress and in an other folder i want to do something seperate and don't want wordpress to intervere with that. So i wrote a htaccess file to exclude the rewrite rules the directories i created.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/abb/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/shop/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [L] 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^post$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /news/index.php [R=301]
</IfModule>

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First I thought it was my htaccess that was giving me the troubles but now i am not so sure anymore. Because when i remove the connection to the database all works fine.

When i include the connection part like this

$connexion = mysql_connect('localhost','USER','PASSWD');
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('DBNAME', $connexion);

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I have made sure it's not something stupid like wrong user, pass etc etc
it gives me this error on the page

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Access denied for user 'apache'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in

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That last word...NO ?????? I see it at several times that it looks like my variables are not being passed around. Is this a sideeffect of a wordpress class that is still intervering with my scripts running in a directory nextdoor to wordpress?

I said it in the thread also on the htaccess...anyone that can help me solve this will be paid $25

Edwin

 

found it....at my test site all works but on the production site i need to declare the variables again using the POST

$content = $_POST['content'];

Thanks for those that looked and started to help me but this can be closed.