Connecting between PHP and mySQL

[Sentosa]

Hi!!

I'm a newbie to this and would appreciate lotsa help here... :p

I've tried to run some textbook examples by moving them from the textbook CD to my HD, and running them through the local host. The trouble is that in this function

function dbconnect ($dbname="test",$user="nobody",$password="",$server="localhost")

I do not know where to store my sql database in in order for the PHP script to access the corresponding database. and the password and username... is the default in this manner?

Thanks alot in advance for the reply 🙂

[herve]

By "local host" you mean your own PC ? Then, first you need to install MySQL before being
able to store a database.

There's many tutorials around the web.

Here for instance : http://www.webmasterstop.com/48.html