Running a PHP script located on FTP server - php

So I have a php script that connects to a MySQL database that runs fine on my server and my schools server when it is ran. I currently have to have my script connect to another database but get the following error
Host "host" is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
I did search and found the option to use GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES "." for the user but wanted to know if it is possible (Since I have to submit these files to the persons FTP) to run it after I upload the file to the ftp server. My guess is where the database is located as well. HTML runs fine off the ftp but when I try to open the php script All I see is just the code instead of anything running. Is it impossible to run a PHP script off the ftp using ftp://ftpserver/script.php?
Or am I looking at this the wrong way?
I apologize for any beginner annoyance as I've never really worked with FTP and how they function when it comes to this.
Any help is appreciated.

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