Access denied for user root (2 replies)

Hello!

We're trying to connect to the sql database we've created and our initialization script returns an error. We are running it as root and it confirms we're using the correct password. What's coulda be the issue?

We're using Windows Server 2012 (no R2) 64-bit
WampServer version 3.0.6 64-bit
Apache Version 2.4.23
PHP version 5.6.25/7.0.10
MySQL version 5.7.14
WampServer icon is colored green :)

We have access to the localhost and phpMyAdmin

Here is a picture of our error: [i.imgur.com]
and our php script: [i.imgur.com]

We just blurred out the password and database bit for reasons. I'm ensuring ya'll that the password and database are correct! :)

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance :)