Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'username'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user \'username\'@\'localhost\' (using password: YES) in C:\\Users\\xampp\\htdocs\\PHP_Login_Script

Answer 1

There is a typo error in define arguments, change DB_HOST into DB_SERVER and DB_USER into DB_USERNAME:

<?php

    define("DB_SERVER", "localhost");
    define("DB_USERNAME", "root");
    define("DB_PASSWORD", "");
    define("DB_DATABASE", "databasename");
    $db = mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE);

?>

Answer 2

Look at your code You defined DB_HOST and querying DB_SERVER. DB_USER and DB_USERNAME Use this code

define("DB_SERVER", "localhost");
define("DB_USER", "root");
define("DB_PASSWORD", "");
define("DB_DATABASE", "databasename");

$connect = mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER , DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE);

Answer 3

try

define("DB_PASSWORD", null);

and those are warnings try

$db = @mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USERNAME,DB_PASSWORD,DB_DATABASE);

But i will recommend you to set a root password

Answer 4

I had this error trying to connect with a different user than root I'd set up to limit access.

In mysql I'd set up user MofX with host % and it wouldn't connect.

When I changed the user's host to 127.0.0.1, as in 'MofX'@'127.0.0.1', it worked.

Answer 5

The same issue faced me with XAMPP 7 and opencart Arabic 3. Replacing localhost by the actual machine name reslove the issue.

Answer 6

I have fixed a few things here, the "DB_HOST" defined here should be also DB_HOST down there, and the "DB_USER" is called "DB_USER" down there too, check the code always that those are the same.

<?php
    define("DB_HOST", "localhost");
    define("DB_USER", "root");
    define("DB_PASSWORD", "");
    define("DB_DATABASE", "");

    $db = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE);
?>