mysql_connect not working after EasyApache update

Question

I am running out of ideas here and hoping someone can help me out.

I am using WHM, and used the EasyApache to enable zip. Upon completion all my mysql_connect statements stopped working.

So running a basic piece of code like:

<?php

$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'usrhere', 'passhere');

if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

echo 'Connected successfully';

mysql_close($link);

?>

Returns: "Could not connect: Access denied for user 'cpaneluser'@'localhost' (using password: NO)". So you'll notice the username and password here are being ignored. Am I missing an extension or library or something?

The strange thing is I am also running Zend Framework2, and this has no problem connecting to the DB with the default code.

Answer 1

If this happens to anyone else, for some reason when doing EasyApache it put me in sql safe mode. Changing that to off in my php.ini resolved everything.