Posted by Anonymous on 06/03/05 16:57

Klaus Hansen wrote:

> Im a newbie to PHP and Mysql.
> Im trying to connect to the database with this script:
[...]
> But it gives me this error:Warning: mysql_connect(): Client does not support
> authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client

> What did I do wrong ?

This should be an FAQ here. ;-)

Use the --old-passwords option for the MySQL server. Check the MySQL
webpage for details.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html

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