MysqlndUhConnection::connect Open a new connection to the MySQL server &reftitle.description; public boolMysqlndUhConnection::connect mysqlnd_connectionconnection stringhost stringuse" stringpassword stringdatabase intport stringsocket intmysql_flags Open a new connection to the MySQL server. &reftitle.parameters; connection Mysqlnd connection handle. Do not modify! host Can be either a host name or an IP address. Passing the NULL value or the string "localhost" to this parameter, the local host is assumed. When possible, pipes will be used instead of the TCP/IP protocol. user The MySQL user name. password If not provided or &null;, the MySQL server will attempt to authenticate the user against those user records which have no password only. This allows one username to be used with different permissions (depending on if a password as provided or not). database If provided will specify the default database to be used when performing queries. port Specifies the port number to attempt to connect to the MySQL server. socket Specifies the socket or named pipe that should be used. If &null;, mysqlnd will default to /tmp/mysql.sock. mysql_flags Connection options. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns &true; on success. Otherwise, returns &false; &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs; NULL, 1 => 'localhost', 2 => 'root', 3 => '', 4 => 'test', 5 => 3306, 6 => NULL, 7 => 131072, )) proxy::connect returns true ]]> &reftitle.seealso; mysqlnd_uh_set_connection_proxy mysqli_connect mysql_connect