On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is the page called >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> <?php >> #phpinfo(); # phpinfo displays the correct info. >> #exit; >> >> $sqldb = $_POST["sqldb"]; >> $sqluser = $_POST["sqluser"]; >> $sqlpass = $_POST["sqlpass"]; >> $sqlhost = $_POST["sqlhost"]; >> >> $link = mysql_connect($sqlhost, $sqluser, $sqlpass); >> > > What happens if I somehow hit the page directly instead of through the > previous page's form? There are no $_POST variables. > > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Then you would need to redirect the user to the form page to get the data from the user. Or create an application account that the rest of the application would use. Frankly there is no way that I would ever ask the user for the credentials, if they need different user accounts, I would create each one on the server and allow the application to control what accounts are used. -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
