Access Denied For user

Hi All,

I am stuck at the very first part of my site, and have no idea why I and getting the below error message. I have tried recreating the user in the mysql database with the correct username and password, and even granted full access.  

I am setting up a site and jsut created an initial default account to test everything is working fine, so din't mind sharing usernames and passwords if need be as I am currently setting up the webserver on a local machine just to test before launching it.

Username: test

Password: W@t3r

Table: test

Database: maindb

Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: (28000/1045): Access denied for user 'test'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\xampp\htdocs\the_lab\labupload.php on line 8
MySQL connection failed: Access denied for user 'test'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Here the initial part of my code, I am using it to upload files into my database:

<?php 

// Check if a file has been uploaded 
if(isset($_FILES['uploaded_file'])) { 
    // Make sure the file was sent without errors 
    if($_FILES['uploaded_file']['error'] == 0) { 
       

	   // Connect to the database 
        $dbLink = mysqli_connect("localhost","test","W@t3r","maindb");
		
  
        if(mysqli_connect_errno()) { 
            die("MySQL connection failed: ". mysqli_connect_error()); 
        } 
  
        // Gather all required data 
        $name = $dbLink->real_escape_string($_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']); 
        $mime = $dbLink->real_escape_string($_FILES['uploaded_file']['type']); 
        $data = $dbLink->real_escape_string(file_get_contents($_FILES  ['uploaded_file']['tmp_name'])); 
        $size = intval($_FILES['uploaded_file']['size']); 
  
        // Create the SQL query 
        $query = " 
            INSERT INTO `test` ( 
                `name`, `mime`, `size`, `data`, `created` 
            ) 
            VALUES ( 
                '{$name}', '{$mime}', {$size}, '{$data}', NOW() 
            )"; 
  
        // Execute the query 
        $result = $dbLink->query($query); 
  
        // Check if it was successfull 
        if($result) { 
            echo 'Success! Your file was successfully added!'; 
        } 
        else { 
            echo 'Error! Failed to insert the file' 
               . "<pre>{$dbLink->error}</pre>"; 
        } 
    } 
    else { 
        echo 'An error accured while the file was being uploaded. ' 
           . 'Error code: '. intval($_FILES['uploaded_file']['error']); 
    } 
  
    // Close the mysql connection 
    $dbLink->close(); 
} 
else { 
    echo 'Error! A file was not sent!'; 
} 
  
// Echo a link back to the main page 
echo '<p>Click <a href="the_lab.html">here</a> to go back</p>'; 
?> 
  

I am using Apache, and Windows 7.