title: Connecting to Cloud MySQL Instance
body: <p>I am fairly new at web development; I am currently trying to create a website that allows users to Submit information and have it stored in a database. I have GoDaddy for my domain name and Hosting, and I use Google Cloud Platform for the cloud database storage. </p>
  
  <p>I have successfully figured out how to store HTML form data into a local database (PhpMyAdmin); I have also successfully connected my Google Cloud instance with another local database using MySQL Workbench. </p>
  
  <p>I cannot figure out how to get everything connected; do I need to connect my Google Cloud instance with GoDaddy? Should I just use GoDaddy's Database offering? I tried putting the IPv4 address of my instance as the 'hostname' in my PHP connection code, which I uploaded to GoDaddy, but it is not connecting and I don’t know why. I don't even know if this is what you are supposed to do?</p>
  
  <p>I’ve read about having to allow permissions for particular IP addresses to store information, but that makes no sense to me as in the real world, I can simply go to a website, fill out a form, and my information is then sent to that company's’ remote database somewhere. That’s what I’m trying to accomplish for my website. Thank you.</p>
  
  <p>PS: I'm using PHP as my server-side language.</p>