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');

Answer 2

Figured it out! Was an oversight on my part. Apparently, in ZenCart there are 2 files where you have to set your database configuration. One is for the catalog and one for the admin area. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me since both of them connect to the same DB. Maybe it has something to do with being able to use one db user for the catalog and one for the admin for security reasons. I just setup a local copy and changed one of the config files without changing the other. The file causing the problems was still pointed at my production database. Knew it had to be something simple!