Installation database form

[vividona]

in install.php

how can I make a form for database data.

I mean instead of I write

$db_server = "db_server";
$db_user = "db_user";
$db_pass = "db_pass";
$db_name = "dbname";

I need to fill the data throu the form.

Plz I need code to understand it

[1042]

vividona;10890981 wrote:

in install.php

how can I make a form for database data.

I mean instead of I write

$db_server = "db_server";
$db_user = "db_user";
$db_pass = "db_pass";
$db_name = "dbname";

I need to fill the data throu the form.

Plz I need code to understand it

Create a form with 4 fields and name them db_server, db_user, db_pass, and db_name.

Then just call the values like this on the next script;

$db_server = $POST['db_server'];
$db_user = $POST['db_user '];
$db_pass = $POST['db_pass '];
$db_name = $POST['db_name '];

that should do it.

[Servyces]

Just make the database variables data come from the form, like:

<form method="post">
Database Server: <input type="text" name="db_server" /><br />
Username: <input type="text" name="db_user" /><br />
Password:  <input type="text" name="db_pass" /><br />
Database name:  <input type="text" name="db_name" /></form>

And then when parsing the form call upon the variables like this:

if(isset($_POST)) {
  // Read the form data
  $db_server = $_POST['db_server'];
  $db_user = $_POST['db_user'];
  $db_pass = $_POST['db_pass'];
  $db_name = $_POST['db_name'];

  // Let's try to connect to the entered database
  $link = mysql_connect($db_server, $db_user, $db_pass);
  if(!$link) {
    echo 'Unable to login to database server.';
  } else {
    mysql_select_db($db_name);

# Queries go here

mysql_close($link);
  }
}

[vividona]

Thank you 1042
Thank you Servyces
for your help

I did it