Basta una cosa del tipo:
CiaoCodice PHP:
String driver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver";
String dbUrl = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/tuaIstanza?autoReconnect=true";
String user = "TUA USERNAME";
String pass = "TUA PASSWORD";
try{
Class.forName( driver );
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( dbUrl, user, pass );
}catch( Exception e ){
e.printStackTrace();
}