Re: mysql to postgres migration blues...
| From: | Antoine | Date: | Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:32:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: mysql to postgres migration blues... | ||
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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:23:32 -0700, Andrew Kreps <andrew.kreps@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:51:52 +0200, Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > declaring it as global didn't seem to work -
> >
> > global $link;
> > /* Connect to database */
> > $link = pg_connect("dbname=movies host=localhost user=anton
> > password=password")
>
> The global keyword works a little bit differently in PHP. You need to
> inform your function that your variable is global, as opposed to
> declaring it as global outside the function. Like:
>
> $link = "database connection"
>
> function processData () {
> global $link;
> ...
Like i said, I'll get there ;-). Cheers! I hope you folks don't mind
answering some rather basic questions... I am going to be starting
some serious development soon and promise to search the docs first
:-).
I have just followed up on the suggestion of pear and it looks like a
winner. That may mean a change of mailing list but all good for the
moment.
Cheers
Antoine
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