Php Hole

Patrick_Nolan

😕

MySQL works fine, Apache works fine, and apache with php works fine. But when I try and do something as simple as the following the page displays nothing. Not even a minor error, just a blank page:

<? $connection = mysqlconnect ("localhost","user","password")
or die(mysql_error());
if ($connection) {
$msg = "success!";
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<? echo "$msg"; ?>
</body>
</html>

The mysql was from the MySQL website RPM's, Apache was already installed, and PHP was from source over what may have been an RPM. I'm running RH7.3.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Patrick

trooper

Make sure that you have display_errors ON in your php.ini file

HTH

BeastRider

QUIT CROSS POSTING! You already asked this in newbies.

Patrick_Nolan

Sorry,

I realized after I posted here I was better suited there.

WizyWyg

http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/mysql_connect.html

<? 
$connection = mysqlconnect ("localhost","user","password") 
or die(mysql_error()); 
if ($connection) { 
$msg = "success!"; 
} 
?> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>PHP Test</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
<? echo "$msg"; ?> 
</body> 
</html>

Why not just this:

$connection = mysql_connect($db_server,$db_user,$db_pw) or die("Couldn't connect to db.");
$db = mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die("Couldn't select database.");

use your "die" messages to get the errors.