Re: A weird problem that probably has a comma in the wrong spot....

On 16 May 2010 19:14, Jason Pruim <lists@pruimphotography.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > So I'm sitting here trying to get my RSS feed to work off of my main > database login script so that I can centralize the management of the whole > blasted thing, you know... stuff like only having the password in one place > to log into the DB :) > > I can connect just fine if I include all the connection stuff locally in my > file, but when I try and include it so I don't have to reinvent the wheel it > says it can't connect.... Host, Username, & Password have all been checked > and doubled checked. And actually the database connection script works just > fine since I'm using it to pull the content from my main page and that's > working just fine... > > > Here's the code I'm using locally on the page: > > <?PHP > $server = "localhost"; > $username = "realusername"; > $password = "realpass"; > $database = "realdatabase"; > > > $linkID = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password) or die("Could not > connect to host." . mysql_error()); > mysql_select_db($database, $linkID) or die("Could not find database." . > mysql_error($linkID)); > ?> > > That code works... > > When I change it to: > > <?PHP > $linkID = dbconnect($server, $username, $password, $database) or die("Could > not connect to host." . mysql_error()); > ?> > > > with that function defined as: > > <?PHP > function dbconnect($server, $username, $password, $database) { >    mysql_connect($server, $username, $password) or die("Unable to connect: > ".mysql_error()); > >    mysql_select_db($database) or die("Unable to select > database:".mysql_error()); > > > } > ?> > > that will not work on my rss feed. But it does work on my main page which > uses the dbconnect script. The only error that I'm getting is the one set in > my dbconnect call... "Could not connect to host". > > So can anyone see where I'm missing my comma or semicolon? :) Your dbconnect function is not returning a value, defaulting to a null return value. That means the or statement runs the die statement - even though you're connecting. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 </hype>