Connect to database that isn't localhost

Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

I am currently doing a small script for a company that doesn't have mySql support on there hosting. How would I connect to the database on my hosting account? Currently I am using the following but have tried http://www.mysite.com

$database['host'] = localhost;

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