Hi Ben ,
$connection = mysql_connect$host,$user,$password);
if(!$connection)
echo echo mysql_error();
After checking error msg . I can help you
--Mannoj Kr. Sheoran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "php-general" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:52 AM
Subject: [PHP] mysql_connect
> I am having trouble connecting to a database on another server. I have
the
> following for the connection, but it seems to be overriding the value for
> the $host variable, and replacing it with localhost. Anyone got any
ideas?
>
> $host="domain.com";
> $user="username";
> $password="password";
> $database="dbname";
> $connection = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password)
> or die ("Couldn't connect to server.");
> $db = mysql_select_db($database,$connection)
> or die ("Couldn't select database.");
>
> --
> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
