FW: [SPAM] [PHP] No Database Connection possible (mySQL)
| From: | Chris Scott | Date: | Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:41:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | FW: [SPAM] [PHP] No Database Connection possible (mySQL) | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aviation Coding [mailto:aviationcoder@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 10:15 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [SPAM] [PHP] No Database Connection possible (mySQL)
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I am having problems with a connection to a mysql database.
>
> I am using
>
> ----
> function con()
> {
> mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass") or die(mysql_error());
> mysql_select_db("tava") or die(mysql_error());
> }
> ----
>
> Now, when I call the _function_ (!)
> ----
> con() or die("no con");
> ----
> I get the "no con" output.
>
> When I call the mysql_connect and mysql_select directly before
executing a
> query, I get some DB output. But that won't work when I am using the
> function...
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chris
It's a bit of a long shot but are you using variables in the function
which might be out of scope?