Connect to Port 3307 in Dreamweaver CS3

Question

I know how to connect to a MySql database in Dreamweaver CS3 using the MySql connection string server behavior. However, I now have to connect to a db on port 3307 and I've never done this before. Is it possible to manually edit the php file in the connections folder to accomplish this? I've tried to just change the hostname variable to "myhost.com:3307" but that doesn't seem to work. I'm fairly inexperienced at PHP. Thanks for any direction I can get. Here is my sample code:
<?php
# FileName="Connection_php_mysql.htm"
# Type="MYSQL"
# HTTP="true"
$hostname_connDB = "myhost.com";
$database_connDB = "my_db";
$username_connDB = "my_username";
$password_connDB = "password";
$connDB = mysql_pconnect($hostname_connDB, $username_connDB, $password_connDB) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);
?>

Answer 1

The default MySQL port is 3306. To connect on any other port, you simply add a colon followed by the port number like this:
localhost:3307
If the MySQL server is on myhost.com, the correct format is
myhost.com:3307
If you can't connect, it's probably because the host has blocked remote connections to MySQL. Without knowing more about your setup, it's impossible to offer further advice.