Hey, Of course they do, they work if I put the echo in the function its self, but I dont need the echo in the function.
- Lee "Marco Tabini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:1036911387.23753.1054.camel@;localhost.localdomain... > Either add > > global $db; > > as the first line of the function or change your function call to: > > $db = db_conn("$host","$user","$pass","$dab"); > > I assume that $host, $user, $pass and $dab actually contain some correct > values. > > > Marco > -- > ------------ > php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals > The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers > Check us out on the web at http://www.phparch.com > > > > On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 01:58, conbud wrote: > > Hey > > Im trying to create a fucntion in an include file > > function db_conn($host,$user,$pass,$dab) > > { > > $db = mysql_connect("$host", "$user","$pass")mysql_select_db("$dab",$db); > > } > > .... > > .... > > In the page ide use: > > require('func.inc.php'); > > db_conn("$host","$user","$pass","$dab"); > > $result = mysql_query("select * FROM $page",$db); > > $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result); > > > > echo $myrow['general_info']; > > > > ... > > ... > > however when I use the db_conn on the webpage I just get a mysql error > > saying not a valid resource, so how do I get the db_conn to actually return > > the data, ive tried using > > > > function db_conn($host,$user,$pass,$db) > > { > > $db = mysql_connect("$host", "$user","$pass")mysql_select_db("$db",$db); > > > > return $db > > } > > > > and various other thing but still nothing, I have to actually put the echo > > statements in the function too to get it to work properlly, any ideas? > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
