Unable to connect to database: Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'socialdb'

Question

I\'ve seen a few errors like this, but I found no answer.

Unable to connect to database: Access denied for user \'\'@\'localhost\' to database \'socialdb\'


        

Answer 1

mysql_connect takes 3 parameters

$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "dbuser", "password");

Answer 2

Your default credentials are most likely:

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");

Answer 3

You did not specify a user in neither mysql_connect or your PHP configuration.

Either set mysql.default_user and mysql.default_password in your PHP configuration or use the appropriate arguments for mysql_connect.

Answer 4

even if you are not having a user. there exist 'root' user so use it

$con = mysql_connect('localhost','root','');

Answer 5

You're missing username and password parameter, should be:

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password");

Answer 6

The error is pretty self-explanatory, you're not allowed to connect without specifying some credentials.

Change your call to mysql_connect() to something like this:

mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "password");