Re: Connecting to a MySQL database

Here is the connection/query stuff I use. the $dbHost, etc., variables are stored in a seperate file and I use an include statement. mysql_connect("$dbHost", "$dbUser", "$dbPass") or die ("Error connecting to database."); @mysql_select_db("$dbDatabase") or die ("Couldn't select the database."); $query="select blah blah blah"; $result=mysql_query($query); mysql_close(); John "David Fleming" <ddallasnc@dslextreme.com> wrote in message news:3E99D0CB.405AD038@dslextreme.com... > <?php > $conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "john",""); > mysql_select_db("contactDB", $conn); > ?> > > Does not work and gives the typical "This document contains no data ... as it always > does when the script has a problem. Do I not have something setup right in the > php.ini file? > > > The following DOES work. > > <?php > $conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "john",""); > echo "$conn"; > ?> >