[SOLVED] Quick connection question

[idire]

New to oo php, trying to work out mysql connections in classes.

 

Here is the code:

 

<?php
class dbHandle
{
const HOST = 'localhost'; // Server
const USERNAME = 'root'; // Username
const PASSWORD = ''; // Password
const DATABASE = 'db1'; // Database Name

function connect()	// Database Connection
{
	$this->conn = mysql_connect(HOST, USERNAME, PASSWORD) or die("Database Connection Failure");
	mysql_select_db(DATABASE);
}
}

$test = new dbHandle();
$test->connect()
?>

 

I get:

 

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host 'HOST' (11004) in class_lib.php on line 11

 

Have I defined something wrong? I'm not sure what to declare as $ variables in classes and what not to

[PFMaBiSmAd]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.constants.php

 

self::HOST

[idire]

Much appreciated this code works:

 

<?php
$this->conn = mysql_connect(self::HOST, self::USERNAME, self::PASSWORD) or die("Database Connection Failure");
?>

[corbin]

Why would database parameters be constants?  Would you expect those to never change?