Using a function to connect to mysql.

[tjmbc]

Can I use this function:

 

function mysqldb(){

 

  $host = "host";

  $user = "user";

  $password = "password";

  $database = "database";

 

  mysql_connect($host,$user,$password) or die ("Unable to connect to the server.");

  mysql_select_db($database) or die ("Unable to connect to the database.");

}

 

to connect to my database by including it in each page and then calling it with:

 

mysqldb();

 

I know that this is something I should just try out and see what happens, but I can't at this time. Long story...

 

[Rohan Shenoy]

Ya, include it in each script and call the function.

[miracle_potential]

Yeah that should work good, although why dont you just connect as usual and use include("filename.php"); ?? be easier surely

[947740]

If you have to do the connection over every single page of a website, it will save space having a function.  It may not be very much space, but it is space nonetheless.