Trying to figure out how to connect to a local SQL Server with an online PHP file. However I am getting connection errors.
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: [2002] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:xxxx) in E:\web\example.com\uploadseadDB.php on line 8
In particular I am having trouble trying to specify if, and where, I do the connection to the PC and then to the database with any associated passwords.
My current connection looks like this
mysql_connect("localhost","the_sql_server_name\SQLEXPRESS","mysql");
mysql_select_db("ACME") or die(mysql_error());
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM TradingAccount")
or die(mysql_error());
My server is run locally (sql server studio management 2012), and I am trying to connect to its specific DB called ACME, from the table TradingAccount.
Can someone show me how to connect to this local table successfully with PHP? I use Windows Authentication at the moment when I run the server as well, in case that matters.
I haven't been able to find any useful resources, and I have only ever used PHP to connect to online DB's as well, nothing locally before.