If it was that simple then the second line: echo "Unable to connect to
Informix Database\n"; would execute upon the connection failing and that
message would be output to my screen. I get Nothing.
Just as a simple call to <?php echo substr($_SERVER['AUTH_USER'], 13); ?>
returns nothing as well.
On 9/2/08, Simcha <simcha@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This does not seem to be an installation problem -
>
> Your test [(!$connect_id = ] fails, since the connect returns false, so it
> does not run the condition.
>
> Compare:
> <?php
>
> if($a = false){echo "no good";}else{echo "condition true";}
>
> ?>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Shirah [mailto:mrsquash2@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:31 PM
> To: PHP List
> Subject: Confused
>
> All,
>
> Okay, I am a bit confused. I'm setting up another server to host PHP
> pages. I followed everything in the Manual for installing PHP. I'm
> running
> Windows Server 2003, IIS6.0 and PHP 5.2.6.
>
> And...it kind of works...
>
> If I do: <?php echo "Test"; ?> it prints fine.
> If I do: Today is: <?php echo date("l, F j, Y"); ?> it prints fine.
>
> If I do: You are recognized as: <?php echo substr($_SERVER['AUTH_USER'],
> 13); ?> I get no output.
> If I do:
> if (!$connect_id = ifx_connect("$database@$host", $user, $pass)) { //
> THE ACTUAL CONNECTION
> echo "Unable to connect to Informix Database\n"; // DISPLAY IF
> CONNECTION FAILS
> exit();
> }
>
> I don't get a connection to the database and the "Unable to connect to
> Informix Database\n"; does not even display.
>
> I get no errors output to the screen and I have display_errors = On
> And I have error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
>
> Any ideas?
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
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> 06:02
>
>
