To connect from a PHP script, just put this in your file::
<?
mysql_connect("db.YOURDOMAIN", "DBUSERNAME", "DBPASSWORD");
mysql_select_db("DBNAME");
?>
using the same substitutions for the bold terms as above, plus substituting DBPASSWORD with your own mysql password.
Example:
mysql_connect("db.joesmith.com", "joe", "secret");
mysql_select_db("joeydb");
To connect from a perl script, put this in your file::
#!/usr/bin/perl
use DBI;
$database = "DBNAME";
$hostname = "db.YOURDOMAIN";
$port = "3306";
$username = "DBUSERNAME";
$password = 'DBPASSWORD';
$dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $username, $password) or die("Could not connect!");
$sql = "SELECT * FROM mytable";
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->execute;
while(($column1, $column2) = $sth->fetchrow_array)
{
print "C1 = $column1, C2 = $column2n";
}
$dbh->disconnect;
where DBNAME, DBUSERNAME, and DBPASSWORD are your database name, database username and database password, and where YOURDOMAIN is your website's domain name with no "
www." in front, for example, "mysite.com", or if you are not hosting your own domain name with us, then "mysite.modwest.com".