RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL connect

mysql_connect() function only takes 3 arguments (servername, username, pass) . Select your database by using mysql_select_db() function... Try to rewrite the code as: mysql_connect($db["host"],$db["user"],$db["password"]); mysql_select_db($db["database"]); Refer to: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php Gurhan -----Original Message----- From: J Leonard [mailto:gcarlyle2@attbi.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:54 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] MySQL connect Hi all, Ok I am learning this on my own but I could use some help. I have started these two pages test.php and config.php here is the code: test.php <? // include the database configuration include "config.php"; // connect to database mysql_connect($db["host"],$db["user"],$db["password"],$db["database"]) or die ("sorry not successful"); // if no connect then exit exit; // if connect successful echo ("you have connected"); ?> config.php <? // database config $db["host"] = "localhost"; $db["user"] = "me"; $db["password"] = "mypassword"; $db["database"] = "mydb"; ?> All I'm trying to do is successfully connect to the database but it returns "sorry not successful". What have I done wrong? I have gone straight from the php pocket reference manual and it doesn't work. Would someone please explain what has happened? Thanks J Leonard -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php