Warning: mysql_connect(): Error while reading greeting packet - php

Question

<?php``
if(mysql_connect("localhost","root",""))
echo"connect";
else
echo "not connect";
?>
this is my code but it's not connected . give the error as warning
Warning: mysql_connect(): MySQL server has gone away in C:..\pro1.php on line 2
Warning: mysql_connect(): Error while reading greeting packet. PID=2296 in C:..\pro1.php on line 2
Warning: mysql_connect(): MySQL server has gone away in C:..\pro1.php on line 2
not connect

Answer 1

You can try using either MySQLi or PDO and their prepared statement to be more secure.
If you intend using just MySQL then use the below code to initialize your Database connection.
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_close($link);
?>
For reference see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php
Alternatively kindly use MySQLi
<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
?>
For reference see http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.construct.php
If you consider using PDO then try
<?php
try {
$dbh = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test', $user, $pass);
foreach($dbh->query('SELECT * from FOO') as $row) {
print_r($row);
}
$dbh = null;
} catch (PDOException $e) {
print "Error!: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br/>";
die();
}
?>
For reference see http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.connections.php

Answer 2

$mysqli = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'my_db');
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
die('Connect Error (' . $mysqli->connect_errno . ') '
. $mysqli->connect_error);
}
http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.construct.php

Answer 3

remove '' after php open tag and
try like this
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '');
if (!$link) {
die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('dbname'); //your database name
if (!$db_selected) {
die ('Can\'t use foo : ' . mysql_error());
}
?>