Re: [PHP4BETA] Latest CVS - Question

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Sarah Pearson wrote: > Mark Musone [musone@edgeglobal.com] wrote: > > > A small problem I have encountered though is when building the latest CVS > > > and installing as an apache module, I get "Document contains no data" when > > > viewing a php file. I realise that running a CVS version is not gauranteed to > > > work :) > > > > if you could get a backtrace and a sample of your php script, > > that'd be great! > > I think I have located the problem. > > Here is a simple non-useful script that works. > > <? > > $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); > if ($db) { > mysql_select_db("pcstuff") or die ("Could not connect to table in > database!"); > echo "Works ok"; > } else { > echo "<P>Could not connect to database.\n"; > } > > ?> > > However, if I put $db as the link identifer in mysql_select_db I get the > document contains no data error. I do not know if this is an error or > intentional. Probably because you are assigning $db the result of the mysql_connect, which is a MySQL data structure. mysql_select_db() wants the name of the database you want to select, not the structure. Try: $blah = "pcstuff"; @mysql_select_db($blah) or die("Could not select database."); -Dustin