Re: Programming question - New to PHP

Russbucket wrote:

I took an example of a script from the PHP documentation and try to connect to my database. If I leave in the or die part of line 3, I get nothing, if I comment out that part I get the echo message on line 4. <?php // Connecting and selecting the database $conn = mysql_connect ('localhost', 'finemanruss', 'XXXXXXXl') or die ('Could not connect : ' . mysql_error()); echo 'Connected successfully'; mysql_select_db ("Lions", $conn); // Preform SQL query $query = 'SELECT * FROM Moses_Lake_Lions'; $result = mysql_query ($query) or die ( 'Query failed; ' . mysql_error()); ?> I know line three works without the or die part since I have a 2nd script that is almost the same (no or die) and it retrieves info from my DB.

Try it the same as the php manual page: $conn = mysql_connect('....'); if (!$conn) { die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error()); } -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/