Posted by NC on 12/07/06 18:27

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
>
> I have a basic file, call it "config.php"
>
> <?php
>
> $db_hostname = "localhost";
> $db_socket = "/tmp/mysql5.sock";
> $mysql_host = $db_hostname;
> if (!empty($db_socket))
> $mysql_host .= ":$db_socket";
> $db_name = "DB1";
> $db_user = "username";
> $db_password = "password";
>
> // Connect and select the appropriate db.
> mysql_connect($mysql_host, $db_user, $db_password) or die("Can't
> connect to MySQL: '" . mysql_error() . "'");
> mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("Failed to select db: '" .
> mysql_error() . "'");
>
> ?>
>
> What is the shortest way to parse this file and extract the value
> "DB1" (wihtout the quotes).

Get rid of connection code (or wrap it into a function) and include()
the file.

Cheers,
NC

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