Hello, wonder if anyone can debug this script. I copied it from an example in a book.
There is a .php file and a .inc file This is the .inc file: <?php //common_db.inc $dbhost = 'localhost'; $dbusername = 'root'; $dbuserpassword = ''; $default_dbname = 'mysql'; $MYSQL_ERRNO = ''; $MYSQL_ERROR = ''; function db_connect($dbname="") { global $dbhost, $dbusername, $dbuserpassword, $default_dbname, $dbname; global $MYSQL_ERRNO, $MYSQL_ERROR; $link_id = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbusername, $dbuserpassword); if(!$link_id) { $MYSQL_ERRNO = 0; $MYSQL_ERROR = "Connection failed to the host $dbhost."; return 0; } else if(empty($dbname) && !mysql_select_db($default_dbname)) { $MYSQL_ERRNO = mysql_errno(); $MYSQL_ERROR = mysql_error(); return 0; } else return $link_id; } function sql_error() { global $MYSQL_ERRNO, $MYSQL_ERROR; if(empty($MYSQL_ERROR)) { $MYSQL_ERRNO = mysql_errno(); $MYSQL_ERROR = mysql_error(); } return "$MYSQL_ERRNO: $MYSQL_ERROR"; } ?> the .php file is like this: <?php //show_more_db.php include "./common_db.inc"; $link_id = db_connect('sample_db'); $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user", $link_id); while($query_data = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { ?> <?php echo "'",$query_data[1],"' is also php ' known as ",$query_data[3],"<P>"; } ?> Sorry about poxy formatting, hope it is legible. I seem to have a problem passing the database to the db_connect() function within the .php script. The $default_dbname variable within the .inc file is always selected instead of the argument I pass. Anyone help me please? Ta. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]