2009/10/19 Kim Madsen <php.net@xxxxxxx>: > Dotan Cohen wrote on 2009-10-18 21:21: > >> I thought that one could not test if a database connection is >> established or not, this is the most relevant thing that I found while >> googling that: >> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29645 > > from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php > > $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password'); > if (!$link) { > die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); > } > > So just test if $link is available > I need to know if there is _any_ connection available, not a specific connection. In one script it may be $link but in another $connection. >> All the connections are to MySQL databases, but to _different_ MySQL >> databases on the same host. > > Would't this solve you problem? > > $link1 = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user1', 'mysql_password'); > $link2 = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user2', 'mysql_password'); > > if($link1) { > etc... > > or I would say that your "different scripts" should require different db > connection files. > Of course they connect differently, each to a different database (all on localhost). -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
