note 33925 deleted from function.mysql-select-db by didou

[didou@php.net]

Note Submitter: [email]sonetti@hotmail.com[/email]

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As an reply to jorik at scriptsnet dot nl with;

<?PHP
mysql_connect("your host", "username", "password") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("your database") or die(mysql_error());
?>

A better way to do this is;
<?php
if(!$db_conn = mysql_connect("your host", "username", "password"))
exit(mysql_error($db_conn));
else {
if(!mysql_select_db("your database", $db_conn))
exit(mysql_error($db_conn));
}
?>
You should always use the link identifier, and die() is just an alias for exit()