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Creating PHP Connection to MySQL Table

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  2. <?php
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  4. $connection = mysql_connection('localhost','username','password');
  5. // three parameters (server connection, username, password
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  7. //testing connection
  8. //concatenates the mysql_error() call to the string
  9. if(!$connection){
  10. 	die('error connection to database server'.mysql_error());
  11. }
  12. //checks to see if connected to proper database
  13. if(!mysql_select_db('database_name',)){
  14. 	die('error connection to database');
  15. }
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  17. ?>
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