title: connect to mysql database using php on different port
body: <p>my connection string is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    $connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die("Could Not Connect to DB: ".mysql_error());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but on my computer i have installed IIS server first so localhost:80 is reserved by it so I changed my port to 8080 changing httpd.conf file in apache folder.</p>
  
  <p>Now what should I change in connection string to connect to my database.
  I am using XAMPP .</p>
  
  <p>should I tried writing these:
  1:   </p>
  
  <pre><code>  $connection = mysql_connect("localhost:8080", "root", "") or  die("Could Not Connect to DB: ".mysql_error());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>2:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$connection = mysql_connect("localhost,8080", "root", "") or    die("Could Not Connect to DB: ".mysql_error());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But Not working Help please.
  Thank You</p>