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mySQL Will not connect

Getting this error when trying connect to a localhost in MYSQL workbench.

Could not connect to MySQL server: Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61) You may continue if the server is simply not running

3 Answers

Hai , If you are mac user install namp or if you are windows user install xampp

in php file

use mysql_connect or mysqli_connect or PDO classes

i use mysqli_connect eg:$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","username","password","database name");

what is namp and where can I find it?

Sorry Brother i miss spelled it , its MAMP and its is available at here