Hair Pulling

[Anon]

Odd error:

include(abstraction.php);
include(connect.php);
include(search.php);
include(close.php);

connect(database_name);
include(content.php);
close();

Where connect.php:
function connect($db){
global $link, $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass;
$link = mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass);
mysql_select_db($db);
}
And close.php:
function close();
global $link;
mysql_close($link);
}
content.php contains some search queries.

This generates this error:
Warning: 3 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource

I can't for the life of me figure out why.

Mark

[Anon]

Strings need quotes!!!!

include("abstraction.php");
include("connect.php");
include("search.php");
include("close.php");

include("content.php");

and what is this?
connect(database_name);

? what is database_name? A Constant? I doubt it - it's either a string or a variable, so it should be either
connect("database_name");
or
connect($database_name);

Diego

[Anon]

The include paths look like this in the code:
include($scriptpath."/directory/file.ext");

connect(database_name) works as a string without quotes since there is only a single variable being passed - it only requires "" if there are multiple

the problem is in close.php - its not viewing the $link as a valid connection to close - testing it as just

[the required functions here]
connect(database_name);
search("id=1","4");
close();

everything works fine - but when I do it as

connect(database_name);
include($scriptpath."/dir/content.php");
close();

where content contains one or more calls to search(); it generates an error.

when I put the connect(database_name); and close(); in the content.php file it generates the error - see why I'm hair pulling? it makes no sense lol.

Mark

[Anon]

I should be clear: the errors it generates are on the mysql_close($link); line of close(); - not with the search(); function

Mark