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Opening a Connection and Selecting a Database
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<title>Opening a Connection to a Database</title>
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<?php
$user = "root";
$pass = "";
$db = "mydatabase";
$link = @mysql_connect( "localhost", $user, $pass );
if ( ! $link ) {
die( "Couldn't connect to MySQL: ".mysql_error() );
}
print "<h2>Successfully connected to server</h2>\n\n";
@mysql_select_db( $db )
or die ( "Couldn't open $db: ".mysql_error() );
print "Successfully selected database \"$db\"<br />\n";
mysql_close( $link );
?>
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</body>
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