Learning PHP and MySQL
Example 09-04 Including the connection values and calling mysql_connect
<?php include('db_login.php');
$connection = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password);
if (!$connection){
die ("Could not connect to the database: <br />". mysql_error());
}
?>
Hello! I’ve enjoyed reading the book! I’ve been attempting to learn any type of programmning that I can get my hands on, and recently have became interested in PHP. Mainly due to my past work with good ol’ html. I had some initial installation problems mainly due to using the newer versions of PHP and Apache but found the fixes on their associated websites. When I came to Example 9-4, I ended up a little confused but eventually put together that I needed a db_login.php file and another file that included the db_login.php file in it. The issue that I ran across is that when I ran the .php file with example 9-4’s code. I didn’t see anything show in the browser. However it didn’t show an error either. I am wondering if this meant the connection was successful? I didn’t include any query’s etc to the code. I am using IE7 Beta 3. I’ve been a bit frustrated and finally found this site!
Posted by Justin on 08/17 at 05:36 PM
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