Hi I'am new to this
Can not connect php to mySql
running windows xp professional
installed apache, Php and MySql
Completed chapter 2 OK
MySql works from command line and have created a test data base OK
Trying createmovie.php page 95 chapter 3
Nothing happens only blank screen, code correct as I have now copied it from web site
I have been trying for 2 weeks. I think it is a problem with the config of PHP/MySql as its not to clear in the book. It referes to my.cnf should this be my.ini ?
many thanks

Did you work this out? I've had what seems to be the same problem. I've created users from the command line and logged in as them, but when I try from the createmovie.php file I get the error message "Access denied for user 'bp5am'@'localhost' to database 'moviesite'" despite having set the privileges as in the book on page 24. I've cured that now, but got a php error.

What I did was redo the user by including CREATE in the GRANT statement. I think this is new as of php 5, so if that's what you're running it might be worth a try.