mysql_connect using arrays problem

[Pests]

This code didnt work no matter how mant times i tried:

<?php

include("vars.php");

$connId = mysql_connect($db[host], $db[user], $db[pass]);

?>

vars.php:

<?php

$db[host] = "***";
$db[user] = "***";
$db[pass] = "***";

?>

And when i took out the variables and replaced with the correct data (controlc and controlv out of the vars and into the function) it worked fine.

[leatherback]

How about avoiding yourself a headache (?):

try in your vars file:

<?php

$host = "";
$user = "";
$pass = "***";

?>

Connect:

<?php

include("vars.php");

$connId = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);

?>

This works?

J.

[[deleted]]

$db[host] indicates your values are coming from an array called $db. Such as...

vars.php

$db = array("hostname, username, password");   

If this is the case you need to specify the placeholder or position in the array of the value you want. In the array above the count goes 0, 1, 2. 0 => being hostname, 1 => username, 2 => password.

$connId = mysql_connect($db[0], $db[1], $db[2]);

Or you could just declare the vars outright.

$host = "**";
$user = "";
$pass = "***";

[Pests]

changeing it to:

$host;
$pass;
$user;

will not work because i have alot of hosts/passwords i keep in the file (mysql, ftp, few others)

Also:

$db = array("hostname, username, password");

is the same as:

$db[host] = "hostname";
$db[user] = "username";
$db[pass] = "password";

And is also the same as:

$db = array(host => "hostname, user => username, pass => password");