On 12 Apr 2001, at 16:03, josh kneedler wrote:
> i'm trying to connect to mysql using php so that i can do web based
> queries of my tables. i'm new at this so here are some questions:
> 1. is localhost just the ip of my server or is it also the path to
> where mysql is on my server?
Just the hostname or IP. MySQL runs wth port 3306 by default so
when you do @mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "mypasswd");
you will be automagically connected to the MySQL server. You then
need to determine which database to use, eg:
mysql_select_db($DBNAME, $db);
$DBNAME is the database, $db the connection you opened.
> 2. if root is the login name should it be my login or just stay as root?
Which login do you mean? The *NIX login or your MySQL user name?
You should set up a user in MySQL user table with the appropriate
privileges and log in as that user.
> 3. is mypasswd the same password i enter when i'm in the mysql
> evironment in reference to (mysql -u root -p)?
>
Yes, see 2 above also.
David
> once i can declare the dbcnx variable i'll be able to do queries with php.
> josh
>
> // Connect to the database server
> $dbcnx = @mysql_connect("localhost",
> "root", "mypasswd");
> if (!$dbcnx) {
> echo( "<P>Unable to connect to the " .
> "database server at this time.</P>" );
> exit();
> }
>
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