hi, does anyone know why this is not working, i have married 2 pieces of code together and i have no idea what im doing--any help is appreciated. I get an error that says it cant find the host--$host so obviusly its not passing it from the form. ///////////////////////////////////////// <?php $host = $_POST['host']; $user = $_POST['user']; $pass = $_POST['pass']; $db_name = $_POST['db-name']; $link = mysql_connect('$host', '$user', '$pass'); if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } if (mysql_create_db('db_name')) { echo "Database created successfully\n"; } else { echo 'Error creating database: ' . mysql_error() . "\n"; } ?> ///////////////////////////////////////////// -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php