title: Connect to MySql database used in PHP, hosted by server, in visual studio VB.NET
body: <p>I want to know if it's possible to connect to the database is use
  when i use PHP, in Visual Studio. 
  I have the database hosted on a VPS server and wounder if(and how)
  i could connect my vb.net application to it.</p>
  
  <p>And i also want to know how to get data from the database.
  I use Visual Studio 2010. I have VS 2012 and can use it if i need to.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried to do it in the Server Explorer, and clicked "Connect to database".
  But i don't know if that's right and i don't know where and what to write.
  I know the mySql details, but not where to write them.</p>