I have all the necessary info... I can read pretty much any code, not afraid of syntax... just not sure why I keep getting errors trying to remotely connect to a mysql server. Error: Access denied for user 'myuser@myip... ' (using password: YES) via mysql workbench... Error: ERROR 2005 (HY000): Unknown MySQL server host 'myhost prefix,' (11001) via command prompt. With that said yes a Windows environment, and for sure correct credentials via my php...