access denied

I have a couple of docs with the following warning. thanks for help.

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\xampp\htdocs\folder\file.php on line 17
Unable to select database:
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HTML:

<HTML><body bgcolor="ccffff"><center>

<form name="taxset" action="<?php echo htmlentities($_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’]);?>" method="post">

Select state/rate <p><SELECT name="taxrate">

<OPTION value=0.04000 selected>4% Alabama

<OPTION value=0.05600 >5.6%…

access denied

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