<?php
// This file is www.developphp.com curriculum material
// Written by Adam Khoury January 01, 2011
// http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=442E340A42191003
/*
1: "die()" will exit the script and show an error statement if something goes wrong with the "connect" or "select" functions.
2: A "mysql_connect()" error usually means your username/password are wrong
3: A "mysql_select_db()" error usually means the database does not exist.
*/
// Place db host name. Sometimes "localhost" but
// sometimes looks like this: >>      ???mysql??.someserver.net
$db_host = "localhost";
// Place the username for the MySQL database here
$db_username = "db_username_here";
// Place the password for the MySQL database here
$db_pass = "db_password_here";
// Place the name for the MySQL database here
$db_name = "name_of_database_here";

// Run the actual connection here
mysql_connect("$db_host","$db_username","$db_pass") or die ("could not connect to mysql");
mysql_select_db("$db_name") or die ("no database");
?>