Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): ProxySQL Error: Access denied for user 'root'@'2a02:4780:bad:f00d::8'

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#1

Error is:
Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): ProxySQL Error: Access denied for user ‘root’@‘2a02:4780:bad:f00d::8’ (using password: NO) in /storage/h9/359/1577359/public_html/connect.php on line 2

Warning: mysqli_error() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, boolean given in /storage/h9/359/1577359/public_html/connect.php on line 4

Code is:

<?php $connection = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", ""); if(!$connection){ echo "Failed to connect database" . die(mysqli_error($connection));; } $dbselect = mysqli_select_db($connection, "user-management"); if(!$dbselect){ echo "Failed to Select database" . die(mysqli_error($connection)); } ?>
#2

You can’t connect to the MySQL database with root privileges when you are hosted on free plan.

#3

Make sure you put your database details i.e. username, database name and host from 000webhost.com Manage Database into your script.

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