Hi, I tried mysql_connect() function, and it won't reture FALSE if connection failed. Instead, the script times out after 30 seconds and displays an Fatal error message "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded". For example: mysql_connect(' ',' '); returns TRUE because mysql logs in the user as guest. But mysql_connect('servername','username','wrongpassword'); does not return FALSE. Instead, the script continues until it times out. Does anyone know if this is a known bug, or can this be fixed by changing a diretive/setting that I don't know about? thanks, Tom P.S., I am using PHP 4.3.10, Apache 2.0.52(win 32), MSIE 6.0, Mysql 4.0.23-nt, Windows NT 5.1 (XP) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php