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[Jon Baer]

Provided you are running XP SP2 you need to deactivate the firewall  
(or setup 3306 separately) ...

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-windows.html#xpsp2

- Jon

On Aug 8, 2007, at 12:05 PM, anan tette-tawia wrote:

> Issue
>
> I have been trying to learn php development by installing xampp on  
> my pc. The problem i am having is that i am able to save my php  
> scripts and run them successfully but when i started trying to  
> write programs that have to connect to the mysql database it  
> started giving me all kinds of errors.
>
> So my guess is that i am not being able to connect to the mysql db  
> even though phpmyadmin seems to be connecting to it. I tried  
> reading all these php forum tips on pinging mysql, etc but i dont  
> seem to be making any clear headway.
>
> Can anyone please HELP me by giving me some good tips on pinging  
> and troubleshooting my problem. Please find below a list of my  
> environment info ;
>
> OS: Win XP
> Computer type: laptop
> Distribution: XAMPP
> PHP VERSION: PHP5
> MYSQL: v5
> System firewall: Default windows firewall
> Internet Security: AOL Active Shield
>
>
> thanks,
>
>
> Whatever feels, lives; whatever lives, depends on nourishment;  
> whatever lives and depends on nourishment grows; whatever is of  
> this nature is in the end resolved into its basic principles;  
> whatever comes to be resolved into its basic principles is a  
> complex; every complex has its constituent parts; whatever this is  
> true of is a divisible body. If therefore the human mind feels, it  
> follows that it is a divisible body.
> (On the Απαθεια of the Human Mind 2.1)
> Anton Wilhelm Amo
> ===============================
> "Watch your thoughts for they become words. Choose your words, for  
> they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become  
> habits. Study your habits, for they will become your character.  
> Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny."
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