* Miles Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Jan 27. 2002 19:55]:
Hi Miles,
[...]
> $hostname = "12.34.56.78";
> $user = "username";
> $password = "password";
> $dbname = "database";
> and change your connection string as follows:
> include 'params.inc';
> //maybe some other stuff her
> $conn = mysql_connect( '$hostname', '$user', '$password');
> mysql_select_db('$dbname',$conn) or die( mysql_errno()." :
> ".mysql_error());
Careful there.
'$hostname', '$user', '$password', and '$dbname' aren't interpolated.
They're literally taken as the string $hostname, etc.
Leave off the 's or surround the variables in double quotes. But you
know that. ;-D
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