mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using the old insecure authentication

Question

I\'m having issues with connecting to MySQL 5.5.8 from PHP 5.3.5 (WAMP install). I\'m getting the error below:

mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using the old         


        

Answer 1

Connect to MySQL with a client using the user that has the problem, execute following command:

SET old_passwords=0;
SET password=PASSWORD('your current password');