A function to open a connection to mysql : mysql_connect « MySQL Database « PHP

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2. MySQL Database
3. mysql_connect

A function to open a connection to mysql

 
<?php
  function opendatabase ($host,$user,$pass) {
    try {
      if ($db = mysql_connect ($host,$user,$pass)){
        return $db;
      } else {
        throw new exception ("Sorry, could not connect to mysql.");
      }
    } catch (exception $e) {
      echo $e->getmessage ();
    }
  }
  
  function closedatabase ($db){
    mysql_close ($db);
  }
  
  $db = opendatabase ("localhost","root","");
  
  try {
    if (!mysql_select_db ("mydatabase",$db)){
      throw new exception ("Sorry, database could not be opened.");
    }

      $myquery = "INSERT INTO mytable (id,title,myvalue) VALUES (0,'Blue',20)";
  
    if (mysql_query ($myquery, $db)){
      echo "We were successful.";
    } else {
      throw new exception (mysql_error());
    }
  } catch (exception $e) {
    echo $e->getmessage();
  }
  
  closedatabase ($db);
  
?>
  
  

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