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What do I use as a host name? &nbsp;Do I just ping the server and use it's ip? &nbsp;Is there a php script that I can run to get info? &nbsp;I don't use a mysql management tool. &nbsp;I am just running php code against it.
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What do I use as a host name?  Do I just ping the server and use it's ip?  Is there a php script that I can run to get info?  I don't use a mysql management tool.  I am just running php code against it.

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you use the name of server running the php script as the mysql server sees it.<br />
Can you ssh between from php server to mysql server?
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you use the name of server running the php script as the mysql server sees it.
Can you ssh between from php server to mysql server?

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I have several php accounts in a reseller package. &nbsp;I am trying to move some code from one machine to another. &nbsp;I believe that I need to do something with an access host to allow my code on the new server to access the database on the old one. &nbsp;What should I do? &nbsp;I tried adding an access host, but I am not sure what I am doing.
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I have several php accounts in a reseller package.  I am trying to move some code from one machine to another.  I believe that I need to do something with an access host to allow my code on the new server to access the database on the old one.  What should I do?  I tried adding an access host, but I am not sure what I am doing.

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