take out the db connection and include it seperately in your page
then make $connection global in your function.
or do a if (!$connection) then ($connection=blah blah blah...)
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shahmat Dahlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 June 2001 07:55
> To: seriousj
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Query in a function
>
>
> How about declaring some of the variables as global variables.
>
> regards
>
>
> seriousj wrote:
>
> > Hello
> > I have a query that I have placed in a function that is in
> a file that I
> > "include" in the page to be displayed. It doesn't work. I
> know that the code
> > works because when I place the code in the page to be
> displayed directly it
> > works fine.
> >
> > I can't figure it out. Thanks in advance for any help.
> > John
> >
> > Here is the function contained in lib.inc:
> > function type_select()
> > {
> > $connection = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass);
> > echo("<select name=\"type_id\">");
> > $query1 = "SELECT * FROM type";
> > $result1 = mysql_db_query($db, $query1, $connection);
> > echo(!isset($type_id)?"<option value=\"\">--Please select a
> > Type--</option>":"");
> > if(mysql_num_rows($result1) > 0)
> > {
> > while($row1 = mysql_fetch_array($result1))
> > {
> > $result1_type_id = $row1["type_id"];
> > $result1_type_desc = $row1["type_description"];
> > echo("<option ");
> > echo(isset($type_id)?($result1_type_id==$type_id ?
> "selected " :
> > ""):"");
> > echo("value=\"");
> > echo($result1_type_id);
> > echo("\">");
> > echo( $result1_type_desc);
> > echo("</option>");
> > }
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > echo("<option value=\"error\">Error</option>");
> > }
> > echo("</select>");
> > }
> >
> > And here is the call to that function in the page that is displayed:
> > include("lib.inc");
> > ?>
> > <form method="post" action="disp_item_test.php">
> > <?
> > //TYPE selection
> > if(!isset($type_id))
> > {
> > type_select();
> > }
> >
> > And here is the error message:
> > Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local
> MySQL server
> > through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in
> >
> /web/sites/268/seriousj/www.mccartney.f2s.com/opus/tnzp/lib.in
> c on line 21
> >
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