# Connecting to backend using unity

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**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [November 22, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-to-backend-using-unity/101980 "2024-11-22T05:12:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-to-backend-using-unity/101980/3 "2024-11-22T05:33:04Z")

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> [@Shusui](#):
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> i want to use it to connect to my mysql databases and save game data

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> [@Connecting to MySQL from an external application](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-to-mysql-from-an-external-application/49339/1):
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> Sometimes, you may want to connect to your MySQL database on your free hosting account using external software, like a desktop database manager (like MySQL Workbench) or an external program you wrote yourself (like an Android or iOS app). You cannot connect to a free hosting MySQL database from outside your hosting account. You can only interact with your free hosting database through PHP scripts uploaded to your free hosting account, or through our phpMyAdmin installation. The ability to con…

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