Re: Function Problem

Either add global $db; as the first line of the function or change your function call to: $db = db_conn("$host","$user","$pass","$dab"); I assume that $host, $user, $pass and $dab actually contain some correct values. Marco -- ------------ php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers Check us out on the web at http://www.phparch.com On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 01:58, conbud wrote: > Hey > Im trying to create a fucntion in an include file > function db_conn($host,$user,$pass,$dab) > { > $db = mysql_connect("$host", "$user","$pass")mysql_select_db("$dab",$db); > } > .... > .... > In the page ide use: > require('func.inc.php'); > db_conn("$host","$user","$pass","$dab"); > $result = mysql_query("select * FROM $page",$db); > $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result); > > echo $myrow['general_info']; > > ... > ... > however when I use the db_conn on the webpage I just get a mysql error > saying not a valid resource, so how do I get the db_conn to actually return > the data, ive tried using > > function db_conn($host,$user,$pass,$db) > { > $db = mysql_connect("$host", "$user","$pass")mysql_select_db("$db",$db); > > return $db > } > > and various other thing but still nothing, I have to actually put the echo > statements in the function too to get it to work properlly, any ideas? > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >