Connection refused for connecting with MySQL server using php in XAMPP(MacOS)

Question

I am new to database. I was trying to connect mysql server with php code. But I don't know why I am getting error for connection.(I tried in windows changing the "localhost:8080" to "localhost" and it worked perfectly.)

MyCode:

<?php

$link = mysqli_connect("localhost:8080","root","","test1");

if($link === false){
    die("Error: Could not connect. ".mysqli_connect_error());
}

Refused Warning:

XAMPP Port:

Answer 1

localhost:8080 is for you web server. If your MySQL server runs on default settings, use port 3306. localhost:3306 .

$link = mysqli_connect("localhost:3306","root","","test1");

Hope this helps you.

Answer 2

Struggled for half day…… I used XAMPP 8 and connection to MySQL keep refuesed(errno 61). Actually XAMPP install MySQL in VM, so connect it via IP address show in XAMPP. There is no MySQL server on localhost.

Change localhost to XAMPP IP address work for me.

db = pymysql.connect(host="192.168.64.2", port=3306, user="test", password='test', db="test")

Answer 3

Change localhost to 127.0.0.1

I spent a day trying to solve it. mysqli was giving error with localhost.