On Jul 3, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Govinda <govinda.webdnatalk@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
my code:
require 'DB.php';
// $db=DB::connect('db_program://user:password@hostname/database');
if (DB::isError($db)) { die("Can't connect: " . $db->getMessage
()); }
is returning:
"Can't connect: DB Error: connect failed"
Any advise to find out WHY this is failing?
(Note: I am fairly new to PHP, and brand spanking new at anything db-
related with PHP.)
thanks, Govinda
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P.S.
I realize this had probably been covered countless times (best step
by step advice how to troubleshoot the first connection to a mysql
db), so i first did try to search the php list archives, here:
http://marc.info/?l=php-general&w=2&r=1&s=db+connect&q=b
and I am apparently missing something because when I input
"failed db connection"
at the top, in the search box, then it returns posts all over the
map, and also takes out the middle word in my search string (so now
it is just "failed db"). Why is that?
I also searched for "failed database connection" which does not
change my search input, but still the posts I found did not give me
enough clue to stop me from posting here now.
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It's usually a simple thing since there are only 3 parameters so it's
something that you have likely mis-spelled or input in the wrong order.
It's not rocket science to figure it out, the docs are clear about how
it works.
But a likely guess maybe that you need to connect via localhost
instead of the full domain name.
$db=DB::connect('mysql://metheuser:mypass@localhost/mydatabase');
Bastien
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