On Apr 19, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Glob Design Info <i...@globdesign.com> wrote:

> I know this has probably been answered already.
> 
> When I pass a user name and password from a form to my PHP script and then 
> pass those to mysql_connect it doesn't connect. When I paste those exact same 
> values into mysql_connect as string literals it works.
> 
> Can anyone tell me why this happens?
> 
> I know the strings are identical to the literals I try in a test but they 
> don't work when submitted via form.
> 
> $form_user = $_POST[ 'user' ];
> $form_pass = $_POST[ 'password' ];
> 
> # Connect to remote DB
> 
> $LINK = mysql_connect( $host, $form_user, $form_pass );
> 
> And yes, my $host param is correct.
> 
> Thanks,


Why are you allowing anyone to connect to your database from a form?

Cheers,

tedd

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