mysql connection file

[]{ronic]

Hi,

 

If I place the following into a file called db.php and save it into folder called includes using xampp:

 

$dbhost = 'localhost';$dbuser = 'root';$dbpasswd = '';$database = 'test'; $connection = mysql_connect("$dbhost","$dbuser","$dbpasswd") or die ("Couldn't connect to server."); $db = mysql_select_db("$database", $connection)or die("Couldn't select database.");

 

and try to access it by adding require_once 'includes/db.php'; into index.php, I get the following error:

 

Warning: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\index.php on line 28

 

But if I paste the code directly into index.php it works fine.. 

 

Both ways work fine using my paid hosting.. Whats going wrong?

 

Thanks

 

 

[PravinS]

check the SQL query, whose resource id is passed to mysql_fetch_array() function at mentioned line or else show us the code of C:\xampp\htdocs\index.php 

[jazzman1]

where is the script of this index file?

[]{ronic]

This works:

 

$dbhost = 'localhost';

$dbuser = 'root';

$dbpasswd = '';

$database = 'test';



$connection = mysql_connect("$dbhost","$dbuser","$dbpasswd") 

     or die ("Couldn't connect to server.");



$db = mysql_select_db("$database", $connection)

     or die("Couldn't select database.");




$sql = mysql_query("SELECT firstname FROM clients ORDER BY firstname ASC");

     while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {


          echo ''.$row['firstname'].'<br />';

}

 

This fails:

 

require_once 'includes/db.php';


$sql = mysql_query("SELECT firstname FROM clients ORDER BY firstname ASC");

     while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {


          echo ''.$row['firstname'].'<br />';

}

 

with error:

 

 

Warning: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\index.php on line 16

 

 

I can use require once on other files from the includes folder ok.. Seems to be only the db.php file that plays up.

 

dp.php:

 

<? 


$dbhost = 'localhost';

$dbuser = 'root';

$dbpasswd = '';

$database = 'test';



$connection = mysql_connect("$dbhost","$dbuser","$dbpasswd") 

     or die ("Couldn't connect to server.");



$db = mysql_select_db("$database", $connection)

     or die("Couldn't select database.");


?>

 

Strange issue, It only fails using xampp locally.. the basic script works fine on other professional servers as it should

[jazzman1]

Maybe....because you are using a short opening php tag in db,php or dp.php (check the name of that file)  instead "<?php"?

[]{ronic]

Erm    Hate that, lost so much time lol.. Thanks