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Thank you..Always something simple.
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lol - glad to help, I originally avoided this question because the title scared me. &nbsp;Next time dumb it down a bit :)<br />
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Maybe something like &quot;I can't get a connection&quot;.
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lol - glad to help, I originally avoided this question because the title scared me.  Next time dumb it down a bit :)

Maybe something like "I can't get a connection".

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Hello Experts,<br />
I have opened a port on our SmoothWall firewall to connect to a MySQL box from outside of the firewall.<br />
When the expected IP address comes in the firewall forwards it to the MySQL box.<br />
I keep getting a unable to connect error. &nbsp;I am using PHP and here is my code<br />
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$hostname = &quot;firewall IP address&quot;;<br />
$username = &quot;username&quot;;<br />
$database_CAB = &quot;database&quot;;<br />
$password_CAB = &quot;password&quot;;<br />
$CON = mysql_pconnect($hostname, $username, $password) or trigger_error(mysql_error(<wbr />),E_USER_E<wbr />RROR); <br />
mysql_select_db($database,<wbr /> $CON);<br />
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If I need to post this in another section like PHP or Firewall, please let me know.<br />
Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br />
Thanks<br />
Chad
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Hello Experts,
I have opened a port on our SmoothWall firewall to connect to a MySQL box from outside of the firewall.
When the expected IP address comes in the firewall forwards it to the MySQL box.
I keep getting a unable to connect error.  I am using PHP and here is my code

$hostname = "firewall IP address";
$username = "username";
$database_CAB = "database";
$password_CAB = "password";
$CON = mysql_pconnect($hostname, $username, $password) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR); 
mysql_select_db($database, $CON);

If I need to post this in another section like PHP or Firewall, please let me know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chad

MySQL Connection through a SmoothWall Firewall

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