Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die, script execution discontinues. The echo after it will never be called, either by !$link returning false to if or by die being called first. On another note... This sounds like you have PHP MySQL installed for private use. But, even if that's the case, I don't recommend connecting to the admin account unless you really need to. You should check out the following page on adding users: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-users.html And read up on the following commands: CREATE USER: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-user.html GRANT: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html - Jon L. On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to make a connection to the MySQL database from PHP but it seems like I am missing a step or something and hence cannot connect to the database. I have tried everything but I can't figure out why. Please suggest/help (I am a beginner in PHP/MySQL/Apache). I am using MySQL 5.0.51a-community-nt on my Windows XP machine. PHP version used is 5.2 and Apache version is 2.2. Code Snippet: $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; //$database=sampleapp; echo Print this...; // THIS MESSAGE IS PRINTED $link = mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); echo After connecting to the database...; // THIS DOES NOT PRINT if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); // NOR THIS ONE } $dbname = 'sampleapp'; mysql_select_db($dbname); echo $link; if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } //echo 'Connected successfully'; mysql_close($link); ? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Manysh -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
Thanks for your input, Jon. Few more observations... Yes, I have PHP+Apache+MySQL installed for private use. I am just trying to connect to the database successfully first and will create other users when I make a successful connection. I made the changes as below and still cannot connect to the database. The echo After connecting to the database... is not in an if statement. I modified the script to make it real simple for me I found this document: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html which outlines installation and configuration steps for MySQL and PHP. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. One thing I noticed is that my PHP inatallation didn't have any ext directory so I manually created one and copied php_mysqli.dll to this directory and restarted my computer. It didn't work still. Any comments/ideas? ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jon L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die, script execution discontinues. The echo after it will never be called, either by !$link returning false to if or by die being called first. On another note... This sounds like you have PHP MySQL installed for private use. But, even if that's the case, I don't recommend connecting to the admin account unless you really need to. You should check out the following page on adding users: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-users.html And read up on the following commands: CREATE USER: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-user.html GRANT: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html - Jon L. On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to make a connection to the MySQL database from PHP but it seems like I am missing a step or something and hence cannot connect to the database. I have tried everything but I can't figure out why. Please suggest/help (I am a beginner in PHP/MySQL/Apache). I am using MySQL 5.0.51a-community-nt on my Windows XP machine. PHP version used is 5.2 and Apache version is 2.2. Code Snippet: $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; //$database=sampleapp; echo Print this...; // THIS MESSAGE IS PRINTED $link = mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); echo After connecting to the database...; // THIS DOES NOT PRINT if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); // NOR THIS ONE } $dbname = 'sampleapp'; mysql_select_db($dbname); echo $link; if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } //echo 'Connected successfully'; mysql_close($link); ? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Manysh -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
Manysh -- maybe you missed the MySQL extension installation? 2nd or 3rd screen in the setup process there is a list of extensions -- none of them are installed by default. Your manual method of creating the 'ext' directory is a step in the right direction, but you probably have a missing directive or two in your php.ini. something like... [PHP_MYSQL] extension=php_mysql.dll but there may be some other directives you are missing - port numbers, etc. best to just reinstall. -- matt On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your input, Jon. Few more observations... Yes, I have PHP+Apache+MySQL installed for private use. I am just trying to connect to the database successfully first and will create other users when I make a successful connection. I made the changes as below and still cannot connect to the database. The echo After connecting to the database... is not in an if statement. I modified the script to make it real simple for me I found this document: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html which outlines installation and configuration steps for MySQL and PHP. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. One thing I noticed is that my PHP inatallation didn't have any ext directory so I manually created one and copied php_mysqli.dll to this directory and restarted my computer. It didn't work still. Any comments/ideas? ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jon L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die, script execution discontinues. The echo after it will never be called, either by !$link returning false to if or by die being called first. On another note... This sounds like you have PHP MySQL installed for private use. But, even if that's the case, I don't recommend connecting to the admin account unless you really need to. You should check out the following page on adding users: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-users.html And read up on the following commands: CREATE USER: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-user.html GRANT: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html - Jon L. On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to make a connection to the MySQL database from PHP but it seems like I am missing a step or something and hence cannot connect to the database. I have tried everything but I can't figure out why. Please suggest/help (I am a beginner in PHP/MySQL/Apache). I am using MySQL 5.0.51a-community-nt on my Windows XP machine. PHP version used is 5.2 and Apache version is 2.2. Code Snippet: $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; //$database=sampleapp; echo Print this...; // THIS MESSAGE IS PRINTED $link = mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); echo After connecting to the database...; // THIS DOES NOT PRINT if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); // NOR THIS ONE } $dbname = 'sampleapp'; mysql_select_db($dbname); echo $link; if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } //echo 'Connected successfully'; mysql_close($link); ? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Manysh -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To
Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
Sorry. I can't really help you with server and PHP installation and configuration issues. I use XAMPP w/ a separate installation of MySQL. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html But, find the following in your php.ini: extension_dir=... extension=php_mysql.dll You may already have an ext/ folder, just not where you were thinking it'd be. And, the extension may be commented out (semicolon at the beginning of the line). Theoretically, you should've recieved an undefined function error if it was commented. If the folder that extension_dir points to is empty or undefined, then I'd say go download the Windows ZIP and rebuild the folder. As for the script, do you have an example output? If you're up for it, I wrote test script that outputs a few more details. ?php header('Content-type: text/plain'); $hostname = 'localhost'; $mysql_login = 'admin'; $mysql_password = 'admin'; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; echo PHP: . phpversion() . \n\n; echo Connecting to (MySQL) $hostname (user: $mysql_login)\n; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname, $mysql_login, $mysql_password); echo \n; echo Status: . serialize($link) . ($link)\n; echo Error : ' . mysql_error() . ' ( . mysql_errno() . )\n; echo \n; echo Server: . @mysql_get_server_info() . \n; echo Host : . @mysql_get_host_info() . \n; echo \n; echo Select database `$dbname`\n; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); echo \n; echo Status: . serialize($dbselect) . ($dbselect)\n; echo Error : ' . mysql_error() . ' ( . mysql_errno() . )\n; echo \n; echo Closing connection\n; $dbclose = @mysql_close($link); echo \n; echo Status: . serialize($dbclose) . ($dbclose)\n; echo Error : ' . mysql_error() . ' ( . mysql_errno() . )\n; ? The output should be something like this: PHP: 5.2.5 Connecting to (MySQL) localhost (user: admin) Status: i:0; (Resource id #2) Error : '' (0) Server: 5.0.45-community-nt Host : localhost via TCP/IP Select database `sampleapp` Status: b:1; (1) Error : '' (0) Closing connection Status: b:1; (1) Error : '' () - Jon L. On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your input, Jon. Few more observations... Yes, I have PHP+Apache+MySQL installed for private use. I am just trying to connect to the database successfully first and will create other users when I make a successful connection. I made the changes as below and still cannot connect to the database. The echo After connecting to the database... is not in an if statement. I modified the script to make it real simple for me I found this document: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html which outlines installation and configuration steps for MySQL and PHP. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. One thing I noticed is that my PHP inatallation didn't have any ext directory so I manually created one and copied php_mysqli.dll to this directory and restarted my computer. It didn't work still. Any comments/ideas? ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jon L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die, script execution discontinues. The echo after it will never be called, either by !$link returning false to if or by die being called first. On another note... This sounds like you have PHP MySQL installed for private use. But, even if that's the case, I don't recommend
Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
Matt - you're right! I did the manual install and its partially working now. I say partially because it works fine when I run it from the command window however when I run it from the web browser I get a blank page. I restarted Apache but that didn't help. The script is pasted below. Am I missing from the Apache side now? I have configured http.conf too... is there anything else I need to take care of? Thanks ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=testuser; $mysql_password=testuser; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Matt Anderton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manysh -- maybe you missed the MySQL extension installation? 2nd or 3rd screen in the setup process there is a list of extensions -- none of them are installed by default. Your manual method of creating the 'ext' directory is a step in the right direction, but you probably have a missing directive or two in your php.ini. something like... [PHP_MYSQL] extension=php_mysql.dll but there may be some other directives you are missing - port numbers, etc. best to just reinstall. -- matt On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your input, Jon. Few more observations... Yes, I have PHP+Apache+MySQL installed for private use. I am just trying to connect to the database successfully first and will create other users when I make a successful connection. I made the changes as below and still cannot connect to the database. The echo After connecting to the database... is not in an if statement. I modified the script to make it real simple for me I found this document: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html which outlines installation and configuration steps for MySQL and PHP. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. One thing I noticed is that my PHP inatallation didn't have any ext directory so I manually created one and copied php_mysqli.dll to this directory and restarted my computer. It didn't work still. Any comments/ideas? ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jon L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die, script execution discontinues. The echo after it will never be called, either by !$link returning false to if or by die being called first. On another note... This sounds like you have PHP MySQL installed for private use. But, even if that's the case, I don't recommend connecting to the admin account unless you really need to. You should check out the following page on adding users: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-users.html And read up on the following commands: CREATE USER: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-user.html GRANT: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/grant.html - Jon L. On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to make a connection to the MySQL database from PHP but it seems like I am
Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
httpd.conf should have something like this: PHPIniDir C:/Program Files/PHP/ LoadModule php5_module C:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2.dll AddType application/x-httpd-php .php ... but all that should have been taken care of by the PHP installer. -- matt On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt - you're right! I did the manual install and its partially working now. I say partially because it works fine when I run it from the command window however when I run it from the web browser I get a blank page. I restarted Apache but that didn't help. The script is pasted below. Am I missing from the Apache side now? I have configured http.conf too... is there anything else I need to take care of? Thanks ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=testuser; $mysql_password=testuser; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Matt Anderton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manysh -- maybe you missed the MySQL extension installation? 2nd or 3rd screen in the setup process there is a list of extensions -- none of them are installed by default. Your manual method of creating the 'ext' directory is a step in the right direction, but you probably have a missing directive or two in your php.ini. something like... [PHP_MYSQL] extension=php_mysql.dll but there may be some other directives you are missing - port numbers, etc. best to just reinstall. -- matt On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your input, Jon. Few more observations... Yes, I have PHP+Apache+MySQL installed for private use. I am just trying to connect to the database successfully first and will create other users when I make a successful connection. I made the changes as below and still cannot connect to the database. The echo After connecting to the database... is not in an if statement. I modified the script to make it real simple for me I found this document: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html which outlines installation and configuration steps for MySQL and PHP. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. One thing I noticed is that my PHP inatallation didn't have any ext directory so I manually created one and copied php_mysqli.dll to this directory and restarted my computer. It didn't work still. Any comments/ideas? ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jon L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die, script execution discontinues. The echo after it will never be called, either by !$link returning false to if or by die being called first. On another note... This sounds like you have PHP MySQL installed for private use. But, even if that's the case, I don't recommend connecting to the admin account unless you really need to. You should check out the
Re: [PHP-DB] mysql_connect() Help
Awesome... that worked! The PHPIniDir was pointing to my earlier installation. Thanks Matt and Jon! Your help is much appreciated. Jon, thanks for sending the script. Manysh On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Matt Anderton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: httpd.conf should have something like this: PHPIniDir C:/Program Files/PHP/ LoadModule php5_module C:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2.dll AddType application/x-httpd-php .php ... but all that should have been taken care of by the PHP installer. -- matt On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt - you're right! I did the manual install and its partially working now. I say partially because it works fine when I run it from the command window however when I run it from the web browser I get a blank page. I restarted Apache but that didn't help. The script is pasted below. Am I missing from the Apache side now? I have configured http.conf too... is there anything else I need to take care of? Thanks ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=testuser; $mysql_password=testuser; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Matt Anderton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Manysh -- maybe you missed the MySQL extension installation? 2nd or 3rd screen in the setup process there is a list of extensions -- none of them are installed by default. Your manual method of creating the 'ext' directory is a step in the right direction, but you probably have a missing directive or two in your php.ini. something like... [PHP_MYSQL] extension=php_mysql.dll but there may be some other directives you are missing - port numbers, etc. best to just reinstall. -- matt On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Manysh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your input, Jon. Few more observations... Yes, I have PHP+Apache+MySQL installed for private use. I am just trying to connect to the database successfully first and will create other users when I make a successful connection. I made the changes as below and still cannot connect to the database. The echo After connecting to the database... is not in an if statement. I modified the script to make it real simple for me I found this document: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/php_mysql_win.html which outlines installation and configuration steps for MySQL and PHP. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. One thing I noticed is that my PHP inatallation didn't have any ext directory so I manually created one and copied php_mysqli.dll to this directory and restarted my computer. It didn't work still. Any comments/ideas? ?php /*- DATABASE CONNECTION INFO-*/ $hostname=localhost; $mysql_login=admin; $mysql_password=admin; echo Connected successfully yet? Probably not.; $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); if (!$link) { //die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } else echo Connected?; $dbname = 'sampleapp'; $dbselect = @mysql_select_db($dbname); if ($dbselect) echo Connected to the database; else echo Still not connected to the database; mysql_close($link); ? On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Jon L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to want to handle the errors yourself, you may try using the @ operator on the mysql functions. It'll silence any errors or warning that the functions might usually generate; but, of course, you'll be left to test for errors yourself. $link = @mysql_connect($hostname,$mysql_login,$mysql_password); @mysql_select_db($dbname); With that, the following statement should return any errors that MySQL would otherwise generate: if (!$link) { die (mysql_error()); } Now, I don't see any reason for the 2nd echo (i.e., echo After connecting to the database...;) to not be called. Is it in an if statement or other structure/scope in your actual script? However, I do see a reason for another to never be called: if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); echo Some problem here; } Once you call die,