Re: Function Problem

also I have the function wrong in my original question I have it as function db_conn($host,$user,$pass,$dab) { $db = mysql_connect("$host", "$user","$pass" mysql_select_db("$dab",$db); } and not function db_conn($host,$user,$pass,$dab) { $db = mysql_connect("$host", "$user","$pass")mysql_select_db("$dab",$db); } "Conbud" <conbudd@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20021110065837.99825.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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? > >