What to put in MySQL login script?

[generonemo53]

So I have my php script ready

<?php
$un = "bob234_dbuser";
$database = "bob234_bobsdb";
$pw = "bob123";
$host = "????";
mysql_connect($host,$un,$pw);
?>

I'm not sure if I've done the above correct and what do I put for host?
btw above is fake login details to represent what mine similarly looks like...

Thanks!

 

[Livewire]

Host should be localhost; the rest looks okay (other than being fake login credentials )

$host="localhost";

 

[generonemo53]

Host should be localhost; the rest looks okay (other than being fake login credentials )

$host="localhost";

thanks, seems to be working but I keep getting "Lost connection to MySQL server during query" more often than it should. What's causing this?

It doesn't look good because I'll be running a cron job and what if it fails trying to connect to MySQL? How will cron job know the operation failed and try again?

 

[Brandon]

That is due to the MySQL server having some issues, is it still happening?