Accesing XAMPP MySql Database from Another Computer

Question

So a friend of mine and I are using both xampp on ubuntu, if that helps, to connect between each other\'s website, We both created the same php file to connect, so we use de

Answer 1

Check you have enabled remote access to the MySQL server. Open the my.cnf file (probably found inside xampp/etc/), go to the [mysqld] section and add the following (using your own ip address instead of the example)

bind-address=192.168.1.100

If there is a line that says skip-networking, comment that out so it looks like this:

# skip-networking

then restart the MySQL server

Answer 2

It looks like your MySQL database isn't allowing you to connect remotely with the credentials you provided. You will need to configure a remote user to connect. Try looking into MySQL Grants.

For Example:

GRANT SELECT, INSERT ON database.* TO 'someuser'@'somehost';