Using Information_Schema in MySQL

I have an application where I need to read the tables and columns from Information_Schema in MySQL. This is in 9.8

I found this "Each MySQL user has the right to access these tables, but can see only the rows in the tables that correspond to objects for which the user has the proper access privileges."

As long as I create a single user who has privs on all databases in question, it works in the built in browser, my user can access Schemata, Tables, Columns tables of Information_Schema, but throws an error "connections/Connection.php on line 661" in MySQL.

Any ideas?