Cannot connect to database (000webhost)

Question

$host="mysql13.000webhost.com";      
$username="a1346032"; 
$password="<password>"; 
$db_name="a1346032_newdb"; 
$tbl_name="members"; 

mysqli_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect"); 
mysqli_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

I have made my mysqli database in free hosting site 000webhost now i want to connect my database to my php code but every time i am getting error that "mysqli_connect(): (HY000/2002): 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:\wamp\www\hh1\checklogin.php on line 11" please help me on this and suggest if i have to add up something? thanks.

Answer 1

000webhost only lets you access the database through it's own PHP host or it's own PHPMyAdmin.

You can't access it from your own computer or another server, unless you upgrade your account (by paying).