So, called back to GoDaddy and this is what they sent me. Given my ignorance - does this or does this not help me at all in terms of succeeding in the connection that is currently failing?
This is called: MySQL connection string with PHP
<?php
//Sample Database Connection Syntax for PHP and MySQL.
//Connect To Database
$hostname="your_mysqlserver.secureserver.net";
$username="your_dbusername";
$password="your_dbpassword";
$dbname="your_dbusername";
$usertable="your_tablename";
$yourfield = "your_field";
mysql_connect($hostname,$username, $password) OR DIE ("<html><script language='JavaScript'<alert('Unable to connect to database! Please try again later.'),history.go(-1)</script></html>");
mysql_select_db($dbname);
# Check If Record Exists
$query = "SELECT * FROM $usertable";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if($result)
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$name = $row["$yourfield"];
echo "Name: ".$name."<br>";
}
}
?>
you, 
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