* George B <geoizil@xxxxxxxxx> :
> Jim Moseby wrote:
> > > I am trying to connect to a datbase:
> > >
> > > "
> > > mysql_select_db ('database')
> > > or die ("couldnt connect to databse")
> > > "
> > > What is wrong here?
> > > This is the error:
> > >
> > > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in file name on line 12
> >
> > Extra spaces, and no semicolon?
> > try:
> >
> > mysql_select_db('database') or die("couldnt connect to databse");
> >
> Thanks JM!
> It was another one of my usual mistakes :P
> Forgot the semicolon. I don't underestand why you have to put in so many
> semicolons... Hmm.. Is it a thing from C or something?
C *AND* something... PHP borrows heavily from both C and perl (and a
variety of other languages) -- both of which use this notation. Most
languages I've used other than python use a delimiter to indicate the
end of a statement (python does as well, technically -- the EOL
character).
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Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Zend Certified Engineer
http://weierophinney.net/matthew/
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