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Posted by Kimmo Laine on 01/17/07 06:41
"user" <someone@someplace.org> wrote in message
news:6ogrh.739663$QZ1.371372@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Could someone give me the quick difference betweeen the 2 error functions
> and why one should use one or the other.
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> if (!mysql_select_db($database, $connection))
> showerror();
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> $connection = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', mysql_password')
> or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_error is a built-in function, comes in the package, and showerror is
something used only in the php project you are working with. Ask the person
who wrote the script, it's not a common php function. It's possible that it
has more sophisticated error handling than what mysql_error provides.
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