Re: [PHP] mysql_connect noob question
[email protected] (Tedd Sperling)
| Newsgroups | php.general |
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On Apr 19, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Glob Design Info <[email protected]> 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 _____________________ [email protected] http://sperling.com