I pasted your code into a file testinclude.php (changing only the server
name), then wrote another file test.php:
<?
include('testinclude.php');
?>
It parses okay for me. How are you doing the include?
-Steve
On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 03:02 PM, Alex Francis wrote:
> I get a parse error on line 2. The code is as follows:
>
> <?
> $server = "mysql.xcalibre.co.uk";
> $user = "user";
> $passwd = "password";
> $dbname = "rschool";
> $tablename1 = "story";
> $tablename2 = "guestbook";
> $tablename3 = "drawing";
> $tablename4="notices";
> $link = mysql_connect ($server, $user, $passwd);
> ?>
>
> As I said, when I paste the code into each file I don't have a problem.
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>> Just a guess: Are you doing the include from a function? If so, make
>> sure you explicitly mark your global vars. Otherwise, what's the error
>> message?
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>> On Friday, April 12, 2002, at 12:28 PM, Alex Francis wrote:
>>
>>> I have one site which I am having problems connecting to my database.
>>> If I
>>> create my connections in an "include" config file I get an error on
>>> the
>>> server connection. When I cut and paste the code exactly as it is into
>>> each
>>> file I have no problems. I have a local server set up in my office
>>> which I
>>> use to test my databases and scripts and have a slightly different
>>> config
>>> file on that one. The include file works fine.
>>>
>>> I have various other sites using "include" config files and have had
>>> no
>>> problems, but this one is a pain, I have to change each file when I
>>> move it
>>> mrom my test server to my hosting server.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
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