i'm new to mysql,i wonder if you people advice me about how to connect remote database with mysql_connect('remotehost','uname','pwd');

remotehost= in many cases we include 'locahost',

but,what we need to include when we connect remote host database

it might be IP like either e.g '127.34.25,26' or 'mysql.somesite.com'

2. IF connecting via remote host which username/password need to be added
is it mysql username/password or any website cpanel username/password

please respond to my queries.i'm new to mysql/php

your feedback important to me

So long as the server is using the default port just replacing localhost with the ip address of the server the database is on should work just fine. Sometimes however the server only allows remote connections for whitelisted ips.