title: MySQL in XAMPP not allowing remote connections
body: <p>After following some online tutorials, allowing wildcard (%) connections to the user, assuring that the port and firewall allow connections, and comparing the login info, I'm at a complete loss recving MySQL error 111.</p>
  
  <p>The script I'm using to connect [PHP]</p>
  
  <pre><code>$connection = mysqli_connect('remotehost', 'user', 'pass') or die(mysqli_connect_error());
  mysqli_select_db($connection, 'db');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I believe everything is in order, isn't it?</p>
  
  <p>What should my next step be? </p>