php cannot make connection to mysql

[Joe Bedan]

I have been trying to get phpmyadmin working for the last few days to no avail. I have tried countless things but nothing seems to work.

I am using PHP 5.3.1, Apache 2.2, and MySQL 5.1 under Windows 7.

I now have managed to get the mysql and mysqli extensions to load and am able to reach the phpmyadmin login screen but no matter what I put in the username and password fields it just sits there until eventually it times out with no error message, just a blank page.

When I run this:

<?php
$conn = mysql_connect( "localhost", "root", "password" ) or exit( mysql_error() );
echo "Connected.";
?>'

I get the following:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: [2002] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not (trying to connect via tcp://localhost:3306) in C:\wwwroot\connected.php on line 2

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\wwwroot\connected.php on line 2

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in C:\wwwroot\connected.php on line 2


It seems like it is not able to connect to mysql at all. Any ideas? I am losing my mind!!

Thanks

Joe