Opens or re-uses a connection to a MySQL server.
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dbconnect ( string $db_host, string $db_user, string $db_pass, string $db_name )
Parameters
db_host
The MySQL server. It can also include a port number. e.g. "hostname:port" or a path to a local socket e.g. ":/path/to/socket" for the localhost.
If the PHP directive mysql.default_host is undefined (default), then the default value is 'localhost:3306'. In SQL safe mode, this parameter is ignored and value 'localhost:3306' is always used.
db_user
The username. Default value is defined by mysql.default_user. In SQL safe mode, this parameter is ignored and the name of the user that owns the server process is used.
password
The password. Default value is defined by mysql.default_password. In SQL safe mode, this parameter is ignored and empty password is used.
db_name
The name of the database that is to be selected.
Return Values
Returns a MySQL link identifier on success, or "Unable to establish connection to MySQL" on failure.
Example
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<?php
// Establish a MySQL database connection
$link = dbconnect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name);
?>Changelog
7.01.00 - XHTML valid
Notes
All varibles for the dbconnect() function is stored in the config.php file.