connection help

amo

Hi there I am a complete newbie. I have installed mysql, php and apache onto my windows xp PC. I have created a simple login page for my site and have read that I am supposed to include the following piece of code into my html page and then save it as a .php page and the page should connect to my database or return an error message.

<html>
<head><title>Connect Server</title></head>
<body>
<?
$link = mysql_connect("localhost",$POST['username'],$POST['password'])or die("Connect Error: ".mysql_error());
print "Successfully connected.\n";
mysql_close($link);
?>
</body>
</html>

However when I include the code nothing happens, is there something else I have to do to connect the page to my database????

Please help this is driving me mad!!!!!!!

Thanks

paulnaj

Hi amo,

Is PHP working at all. Do other php pages run as they should ... just not this one?

Paul.

amo

well if i run http://localhost/phpinfo it works does that helP????

thorpe

that meens apache and php are running. did you try hardcoding the username / pass like i suggested?

just realised youve made two threads. thats a big no no. mysuggestion is in your other thread.

paulnaj

It might be that you're not using '<?php' for the open tag!!

Doh!

bradgrafelman

Change the tag to <?PHP as mentioned above.

IF the script then works, then in your PHP config file, you have the current configuration:

short_open_tag = Off

This prevents you from using "<?" versus "<?PHP".

If this is the case, you either:

Use <?PHP in all of your php scripts.
Change the PHP configuration to suit your needs.