How to connect MySQL workbench to database - php

I'm trying to use mysql workbench to get access the database in my office. My friend has already helped me setup the connection in PuTTY, so I can write my MySQL script in that "black and white" window. However when I try to use MySQL workbench to get connection to the database, it causes error. It says:
Failed to Connect to MySQL at 127.0.0.1:3306 with user martin (I tried root as well)
Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (10061)
I know there are a lot of questions and answers about this on stackoverflow. I tried some of them but without any luck.
I'm thinking do I need something called mysqld.exe in a certain directory? I have downloaded the file but when I double click it nothing happens. Do I need to run that as an administrator? One of my friends told me I don't need that at all. So what should I do now?
Any clue please enlighten me. Thanks heaps!!

To connect to your MySQL database with Workbench software you should do the following:
Open your Workbench application >> Database >> Connect to database. Setup window will show up, please fill out the fields as follows:
SSH Section
Connection Method: Standard TCP/IP over SSH
SSH Hostname: OFFICE-SERVER-IP
SSH Username: SSH-USERNAME-HERE
SSH Password: SSH-PASSWORD-HERE
Mysql Section
MySQL Hostname: 127.0.0.1
MySQL Server Port: 3306
Username: MYSQL-USERNAME-HERE
Password: MYSQL-PASSWORD-HERE
Just For Ilustration purposes your configuration should look something like this:

Seems like you are trying to access the Mysql server running on your local machine in your example. The MySQL at 127.0.0.1 means connect to a mysql server running on the local machine.
If you are on the same network as the server and your Mysql server is set up to allow access from a second machine you need to enter the ip address of the machine that the Mysql server is running on for instance 192.168.1.210:3360 means connect to the machine at Ip address 192.168.1.210 using the default Mysql Port of 3360. Your Putty setup should have the ip address of the machine you need to connect to.

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Access MySql Databases from same Network or Remotely access from Different Servers

I have an application in which I have to access all pc connected to same network and their MySql Databases and I also want want to connect to remotely a server.
Actually I have list of drop down services and each service holding a database name. when I select a service then I want to build connection to database either it lies on same network or any remote server.
Remember, I know the hostname, username, password and dbname. and I am using mysqli_connect function.
I have try multiple options given on web, but all in vain. e.g grant host and user access. But not found any solution can help to solve my problem.
I have try bind-address option in my.conf file but no solution.
Here is my code
For remote Server
$con = new mysqli_connect('xxx xxx xxx:3306', 'username', 'pass', 'dbname');
For local Network
$con = new mysqli_connect('xxxx xxx xxx:3306', 'localhost', '', 'talent');
Error
mysqli::mysqli();(HY000/2002): A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. and also get this one earlier Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'username'#'localhost' (using password: YES).
I am using windows platform. WIndow 8.1
I guess you want to access mysql database installed on different computers on same network as your computer and also on some remote server.
What you need is IP Addresses of all the computers on which the mysql server is installed including the remote server. And on each such computer mysql server remote access should be enabled for your computer's IP Address and mysql user you are using in 'new mysqli_connect()'. See this tutorial.
Also as fvu said check php documentation for 'mysqli_connect' function.
UPDATED
What is SSH?
1. SSH is SecureSHell.
2. Its nothing but a remote login tool or program(like telnet but in secured way).
3. Remote login is logging in to some other computer(known as remote computer) as a user of that computer from your computer.
4. After you successfully logged in to the remote computer via ssh, you can type commands on that remote computer on behalf of the user you are loggen in with.
5. Consider this as if you are sitting in front of your computer and watching the command prompt(terminal in linux and mac) screen of the remote computer.
6. Whataver you will type here will reflect there.
For your knowledge to make you understand the problem:
1. When you install XAMPP or WAMP on your computer it also installs MySQL Server with it.
2. MySQL Server is a process running in the background to which we can request to do
database operations like SELECT, UPDATE, etc.
3. This thing we generally do using 'mysql_connect' or 'mysqli_connect' in php.
4. MySQL Server can have many users and different users have different previledges/permissions. So that MySQL admin user(i.e. root) can control what things are allowed and not allowed for a user.
5. Now while connecting to the mysql server process we need to specify the user credentials. That you specify in mysqli_connect function.
Now let me explain you why you are getting that error:
1. The user credentials you are using either does not exist or not correct or the user has no access to connect to MySQL Server process remotely. i.e. from other computer that the one has MySQL Server installed on. In your case from your computer to computer A or to computer B or remote server.
2. The other reason may be the firewall settings of remote computers.
Solution:
1. For computer A and computer B you don't need ssh you can directly go to the computer and open command prompt on it and type commands.
2. But for remote computer you need to use ssh.
3. Now another problem is you are using Windows so ssh program will not be available to you.
4. You will need to download putty program. Its ssh implementation for windows. Same as ssh only name is different.
5. Take a putty tutorial to connect to remote server.
6. Then you can use this tutorial for granting remote login access to mysql user you are using in mysqli_connect function.
If the server is a local hosted database and you can connect to it from local host and i you are not able to connect to it from a remote machine consider the following options.
There is a firewall in ubuntu that you need to open, you do this by granting access in IPtables.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --destination-port 3306 -j ACCEPT And now we should be able to login to our server from our local machine:
mysql -h255.112.324.12 -uroot -pMyPASSWORD
You need
to grant access to mysql: https://askubuntu.com/questions/159053/mysql-server-not-accessible-from-remote-machine
as root, open your /etc/mysql/my.cnf with your favorite editor look for the [mysqld] section, and in there for the bind-address keyword. This usually is set to 127.0.0.1 -- change that to match your "normal" IP-address save the file, and reload the service (e.g. using service mysql restart)
Last but not least you need to give remote access in mysql:
GRANT ALL ON mydb.* TO root#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyPASSWORD';
Find more information here: http://web.archive.org/web/20120930214828/http://chosencollective.com/technology/how-to-enable-remote-access-to-mysql
Right now you seem to be mixing object-oriented and procedural approaches. If you want to use object-orented approach, mysqli object should be instantiated as follows:
$con = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $dbname, $socket); // all but first parameter are optional
If you want to use procedural approach, mysqli connection resource should be created as follows:
$con = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, $dbname, $socket); // all but first parameter are optional

How to resolve mysql connection error?

I have an application designed in mysql and php. Earlier this app was working fine. But now it is not. Its giving me an error :
***Failed to connect to MySQL: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)***
How can I resolve this error ?
The application is running on a redhat machine.
Does the directory "/var/lib/mysql" exist? also please check your mysql user (or better, mysql group) have writer permission. If so, please try re-starting mysql and see what happens
You must follow the below steps to debug the error:-
start mysql engine.
check below database connecting variable
a. host name
b. username
c. password
d. database name
now check query for connecting with mysql.
now check whether it's able to connect with database or not.
I think this will help You to resolve the problem. If it persists then let me know.
Reference link you may find the solution.According to the link it says:
Are you connecting to "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" ? I noticed that when you connect to "localhost" the socket connector is used, but when you connect to "127.0.0.1" the TCP/IP connector is used. You could try using "127.0.0.1" if the socket connector is not enabled/working.
i think your mysql server is not running. Make sure your mysql server is running
use
# mysqladmin -u root -p status
to check status
if it is running , try to connect from command line. And execute some simple select statement from command line. If your are able to do that, make sure that username and password (used in command line) are used in your application too.
If your are application working sometime and sometime not, in that case make sure you are closing connections in your program after use.

cant connect database server using ip address

I am using PHP and MySQL to make a database connection , problem is :
the web application project in my local machine when am trying connect to database remote server every thing is work fine
mysql_connect("x.xx.xx.x","username","password") or die(mysql_error());
when i deploy the web application in the remote server that have the mysql database and try to use that web application am getting no database error connection !! if i change database connection to :
mysql_connect("localhost","username","password") or die(mysql_error());
using localhost (127.0.0.1) instead of using ip address ever thing work fine , i have tried check /etc/my.conf file and add bind-address=192.168.15.15 and restart mysql server
still cant connect to database
any idea !!!
You need to check two things. First, make sure the port 3306 is open for connections. Second, if you're connecting remotely, you'll need to create a wildcard user (The host will be a percentage sign %). Take a look at the mysql.user table. If the user you're trying to connect to has a Host of localhost, you won't be able to connect remotely.
To create a new user:
CREATE USER 'newuser'#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Give that user permissions, I suggest to only the database in question:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON your_database.* TO 'newuser'#'%';
Finally, reload the privileges:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
problem was i was enabling the SElinux , so i enabled httpd network with commad :
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1

Logging with a user in a remote MySQL database

How to log with a diferent user in a MYSQL remote database?
Here's what I've done:
Logged as root in the MYSQL:
'create user 'user'#'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
'grant select on *.* to 'user'#'%';
Then I setted a PHP script which connection is this one:
$con = mysql_pconnect("xxx.xx.xxx.xxx","user","password");
$selected = mysql_select_db("database",$con);
Aaaand it isn't working:
I'm using LAMP on a cloud server, by the way;
Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'xxx.xx.xxx.xx' (10061) in D:\path\index.php on line 21
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT: Not a firewell issue;
You might want to check the MySQL documentation on this specific problem. If I had to guess, I would say that your MySQL server may be bound only to the local (127.0.0.1) address. To troubleshoot you should probably try connecting to the server using the command line MySQL client in order to get a better idea of why exactly the connection isn't being made.
Seems to me like a firewall issue. You should check if the machine hosting the MySQL server allows connection on the port 3306 from external IPs as well.
Check if the server you have to connect to has the firewall open on the port you are trying to connect... default port is 3306
you can use
mysqladmin -h localhost
to see check what is the port mysql is using

mysql_connect doesn't work on a certain host

I get this everytime I use mysql_connect() no matter what database I choose:
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'IP' (111) in filename.php on line 17
A MySQL error has occurred: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'IP' (111)
The exact same file works on my personal website fine. I have tried multiple databases hosted on different servers and it always gives that output.
The database itself is hosted on the same server, but using its full IP in mysql_connect(). Using localhost:port doesn't work either as it says:
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) in filename.php on line 17
A MySQL error has occurred: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
But using the IP should work as it has worked calling it via the same file hosted on other servers.
This is the code:
$connect = mysql_connect($db_url,$db_user,$db_pass); // connects
if ($connect == false) exit("A MySQL error has occurred: " . mysql_error());
Now since the file works on other servers i am guessing it is something to do with the server it is on and might need something changed. I don't personally have root access to the server (just my part of the shared host). Is there anything I can do i php, editing the php.ini file or something I should pass on to someone with root access?
Edit: Ok it turns out that the server doesn't have access to outside databases, so thats why the IP didn't work. Thanks for all your answers but we have decided simply to change hosting provider. We need to be able to access an outside database.
This is on a hosting service? Check their documentation, there will be something that tells you where to find mysql. It isn't necessarily localhost.
For example, on startlogic.com, you use: yourdomain.startlogicmysql.com
Can you connect using mysqladmin using the same host, username and password?
mysqladmin -h $db_url -u $db_user -p $db_pass
Replace $db_xxxx with real values.
If that works from the same host as your php script, then sudo to the apache User and try the same test. One of those must be failing.
EDIT: nevermind on sudo part, I noticed that you don't have root access.
Something else to try: Use '127.0.0.1' instead of 'localhost'. I have had issues before where mysql stupidly assumed it could silently change 'localhost:' to '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'.
Your wording is not very clear, I hope you are not thinking you can connect to the same mysql server from any old web server just because you know the IP address and port number. If the web host is at all competent, they have probably firewalled mysql so it is only accessible through their own web servers.

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