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With WAMP Version 1.7.2 and 1.7.3, switching to PHP4 will break any connections to MYSQL databases that were made in PHP5. The problem is that PHP4 can't use the long passwords that are used in PHP5. If you try and connect to the database with PHP4, you will get an error. You need to follow the instructions here: to reset your passwords to something that PHP4 can handle (it will not FUBAR y
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Based on a similar error I was getting, I found that the php.ini file had somehow been appended to itself. ie there were two copies of the same thing in the file. Look for the tag for the start of the second copy.
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