mysql connect using include()

[straycat]

Instead of writing the mysql_connect() and mysql_select_db() lines over and over in every php-file I tried to put them into a separate file and the use the include() function. The result is that NOTHING happens. No error msg's from mysql_error(), no nothing. Why doesn't it work?

[nemonoman]

it should work...that's how I do it. How about showing your code?

[straycat]

The php-file:

<?php

include("../include/db.php");

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table") or die (mysql_error());

?>

The include-file:

<?php
mysql_connect("localhost");
mysql_select_db("blabla");
?>

I tried removing the <?php and ?> tags in the include file, woth the result that the mysql functions are outputted as text on the page.

[nemonoman]

you'll need to include some password/username data in there someplace...