Re: [PHP] mysql_connect noob question

Not meaning to beat the proverbial dead horse

I am developing a web portal that has to display the tables in the DB via a
> form/script. The web page has a login with user and password. Right now I
> am just trying to connect.
> This for a commercial app - the client wants both an API connect via PHP
> and a web portal in which they can login from a web page and view the
> tables in the DB. Right now I am just trying to get the form/PHP
> interaction to work.
>

This sounds like a very good use statement for
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/<http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/>

You can set it for http auth in the config ... they enter a mysql username
and password and they only see the databases and tables you want them to see

Might be easier than reinventing the wheel and stressing all of us :)