failure to post PHP update to MySQL - php

Question

i have a button i am trying to get where if i click it it updates the column 'gorg' in the table users to giver according to the current user (session) logged in. Everytime i click the button i get
Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost' (using password: NO)
Here is the top of the php page (BTW i am 100% positive my DB Connection info is correct)
<?php
session_start();
include('src/sql_handler.php'); //this is where my DB Connection info is located
include('src/facebook_handler_core.php');
if(isset($_POST['submitgiver'])) {
$query = "UPDATE users SET gorg='giver' WHERE email='".mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['email'])."'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
}
{
if(isset($_SESSION['gorg'])=="Giver")
{
header('Location: picktreetype.php');
}
else if(isset($_SESSION['gorg'])=="Gatherer")
{
header('Location: gatherermap.php');
}
}
?>
and now for the html
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>">
<input type="submit" class="button orange" name="submitgiver" value="Giver">
</form>
UPDATE:
heres the SQL_HANDLER
<?php
class MySQL_Con {
private $host = 'localhost',
$user = 'fruitfo1_admin',
$pass = 'password',
$db = 'fruitfo1_fruitforest',
$_CON;
function MySQL_Con() {
$this->_CON = mysql_connect($this->host, $this->user, $this->pass);
if(!$this->_CON)
die(mysql_error());
else {
$select_db = mysql_select_db($this->db);
if(!$select_db)
die('Error Connecting To Database'.mysql_error());
}
}
function End_Con() {
mysql_close($this->_CON);
}
}
?>

Answer 1

Apparently your connection setup doesn't include a password. Please post the sql_handler (WITH OBFUSCATED password) to be able to debug further.
If you're 100% positive it's correct, as you're saying, you can try explicitly passing sql handle to mysql_query.
Another note, mysql_* are deprecated, you really should consider switching to either mysqli or PDO.
Also, using root user for ANY kinds of web-applications is a no-no.

Answer 2

Your DB doesn't have a password. Try this
private $host = 'localhost',
$user = 'fruitfo1_admin',
$pass = '',
$db = 'fruitfo1_fruitforest',
$_CON;

Answer 3

i found my issue, it did have to do with exactly what i thought it was. heres my updated code
if(isset($_POST['submitgiver'])) {
$mysql_hostname = "localhost";
$mysql_user = "fruitfo1_admin";
$mysql_password = "password";
$mysql_database = "fruitfo1_fruitforest";
$bd = mysql_connect($mysql_hostname, $mysql_user, $mysql_password) or die("Could not connect database");
mysql_select_db($mysql_database, $bd) or die("Could not select database");
$query = "UPDATE users SET gorg='giver' WHERE email='".mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['email'])."'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
}
basically that IF statement that was attempting to POST wasnt linking back to my handler, so i placed the SAME db connection from the handler and carried it over inside the if isset statement and it worked!