Re: PHP-MySQL connection for particular module
| From: | Isaak Malik | Date: | Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:12:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP-MySQL connection for particular module | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 5 | Groups: | php.db |
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My mistake then, it's been a while that I used it that way so some things do
fade away from my mind.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:57 AM, Chris <dmagick@gmail.com> wrote:
> Isaak Malik wrote:
> > Because then the connection resource isn't stored in the $link variable
> > and you will be able to use the mysql functions without passing that
> > variable to each function.
>
> RTM again.
>
> The link parameter is completely optional.
>
> If you don't specify it, it uses the last connection created.
>
> I can do this and it's perfectly valid:
>
> $link = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass);
> if (!$link) {
> die ("Unable to connect to the database server");
> }
>
> $db_selected = mysql_select_db($databasename);
> if (!$db_selected) {
> die("Unable to connect to the database $databasename");
> }
>
> $result = mysql_query("select 1");
>
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