Cannot connect to mysql with 127.0.0.1

Question

With the following code I can connect to mysql: mysql_connect(\"localhost\",\"username\",\"\");

But if I change localhost to 127.0.0.

Answer 1

You will be able to access it when you add the privileges for 'root'@'127.0.0.1' in the "USER_PRIVILEGES" table in the "information_schema" database