Description:
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I have an Apache webserver up and running, using PHP to communicate with a MySQL database. The database pretty much handles everything on the page, so if php can't connect too it, nothing will load.

Reproduce code:
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dbconnect.php:

<?php
$connection = mysql_connect ("localhost", "<username>", "<password>") or die ( "Could not connect to localhost" );
$database = mysql_select_db ("data_base", $connection);
?>

Expected result:
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I expect to see the whole page load, i.e. that it can connect to the Database and then proceed to load the rest of the page.

Actual result:
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Instead, I get a white screen with the following text:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10055) in E:\Program\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\functions\dbconnect.php on line 2
Could not connect to localhost

I'm not sure wether it is a MySQL error, or if it's PHP. However, mysqladmin version shows that there is no problems. I am also running mysqld --log-error, and the log shows nothing faulty. It seems as if php is unable to access port 3306 or something. When reloaded several times, the page sometime loads "half-way", i.e. text and some colours, but usually no pictures. When reloaded a few more times, it's just the result above again.