PHP file wont connect to the sql database, it says error #1045 but the values on the code are right [duplicate]

Answer 1

For The People Wondering

I solved this by just adding a port to the host name like localhost:3308

Answer 2

@Dharman had a nice post but I couldnt find it.

Try this for debug :

    $con = mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1", "my_user", "my_password", "my_db");

    if (!$con) {
        echo "Error: Unable to connect to MySQL." . PHP_EOL;
        echo "Debugging errno: " . mysqli_connect_errno() . PHP_EOL;
        echo "Debugging error: " . mysqli_connect_error() . PHP_EOL;
        exit;
    }
  echo "Success: A proper connection to MySQL was made! The my_db database is 
  great." . PHP_EOL;
  echo "Host information: " . mysqli_get_host_info($con) . PHP_EOL;

mysqli_close($con);

mysqli_connect

if its a new instalation or new upgrade, You need to include your port into connection, mariadb comes as default port so, when you try to connect mysql its redirecting to mariadb.

you need to include your correct port into connection it might be 3306, 3307 or 3308, and use ip instead of localhost.

your final codes should look like this :

$host = '127.0.0.1';
$db   = 'test';
$user = 'root';
$pass = '';
$port = '3308';
$charset = 'utf8mb4';

mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
try {
    $mysqli = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass, $port, $db);
    mysqli_set_charset($mysqli, $charset);
} catch (\mysqli_sql_exception $e) {
     throw new \mysqli_sql_exception($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode());
}