[thelist] php/MySql Help Please

Andrew Forsberg andrew at thepander.co.nz
Tue Oct 2 22:04:26 CDT 2001


>  >> in fact, die() isn't even called.
>  >>
>  >> no matter what i pass to die(), it doesn't happen.

Do you mean that a file with nothing in it but:

<?php
die("<p>G'BYE</p>");
?>

shows up as an empty page? That sounds like a broken php install to me.

Are you experimenting in a simple page environment? It could be 
something else in a complex script that means the mysql_query() 
command isn't even getting run, let alone the die(). Can you try 
running a small script like this on your server:

<?php
mysql_connect('hostname','username','password')
	or die("Could not connect");
mysql_select_db("databasename")
	or die("Could not select database");
mysql_query("This is really not going to work as an SQL query")
	or die(mysql_error());
?>

You should get a page with:
You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'This is really not going 
to work as an SQL query' at line 1

If you don't then you're probably right, and you do need to have a 
look around in php.ini.

Best,
Andrew

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