global reference to resource link

[bsgrules]

Can someone explain why $dbc is null instead of a resource link. I need that reference because I wanted to use it for mysql_real_escape_string();

$dbc = @mysql_connect (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);

foo();

function foo() {
	global $dbc;
	var_dump($dbc); // Why is this returning null instead of a resource link?
}

[subwayman]

Looks OK to me. Are you sure the connection is established?

[bsgrules]

hm..that's odd now it's working 🙁 Thanks for the reply anyway. -