Re: New user asks for help with connect func tion.

Erich Dollansky <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.windows
Organization oceanare pte ltd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

[email protected] wrote:

> The simple connection script I am using is as follows:
> ==============================================================
> <?php
> $conn = mysql_connect("LocalHost", "wesmith", "my password");
> echo $conn;
> ?>
> =============================================================
> 
> I saved this script as mysqlconnect.php.
> When I access the script with my web browser I expect to see..
> Resource id #1
> 
> Instead I see nothing at all.  No error message.  Simply a blank screen.
> 
I do not wonder. 'conn' is an internal representation o the connection. 
It is nothing a human could read.

You must create SQL statements, send them over to the server using 
'conn' and then display the results returned.

Just study the MySQL documentation.

Erich

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