add this in the 1st line of the body of the function:
global $shs_MySQLServer;
global $shs_MySQLUser;
global $shs_MySQLPassword;
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 14:20, Seth Willits wrote:
> If I try to connect to a database within a function, I get the
> following error. Why is this?
>
>
> MySQL Connect Error : Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> socket '/Private/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> function getUserPermissions() {
> if ($_SESSION['permissions'] == '') {
> // Connecting, selecting database
> $link = mysql_connect($shs_MySQLServer, $shs_MySQLUser,
> $shs_MySQLPassword)
> or die("MySQL Connect Error : " . mysql_error());
>
> etc....
> }
> }
>
>
> Seth Willits
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