Posted by Scott Auge on 11/11/02 11:21

In article <3ifhavFlc7edU1@news.dfncis.de>,
Claus van de Vlierd <claus.van.de.vlierd@uni-oldenburg.de> wrote:

> Hello ,
>
> a) in the following script (under RedHat AS3 with PHP 4.3.2 ) I make
> a "DB::connect" to an existing "mysql" database named
> "docu_files_of_cvdv" .
>
> The strange thing is : it works -- even if I give as protocol the
> string
> "nonsenseprotocol" (instead of "unix" or "tcp") and as Hostname
> "nonsensehostname" ... !!
>
> Obviously PHP ignores the "protocol" and takes as Hostname the default
> "localhost" .. ?!? I do NOT understand .. ! :
>
>
> ### here is the script :
>
> #!/usr/bin/php
> <?php
> require("DB.php");
> print("*** here PHPMYSQL.php *** \n");
> print("*** now TRYING to connect .. *** \n");
> $res =
> DB::connect("mysql://nonsenseprotocol+nonsensehostname/docu_files_of_cvdv");
> print("*** now having tried to connect .. *** \n");
> if (DB::isError($res))
> {
> $str = $res->getMessage();
> print("$str \n");
> exit;
> }
> else
> {
> print("*** o.k. - result : $res *** \n");
> print("*** now having done DB::connect -- successfully .. ?!?? *** \n");
> }
> exit;
> ?>
>
> ################
>
> here is the result - having executed it :
>
>
> Content-type: text/html
> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.2
> *** here PHPMYSQL.php ***
> *** now TRYING to connect .. ***
> *** now having tried to connect .. ***
> *** o.k. - result : Object ***
> *** now having done DB::connect -- successfully .. ?!?? ***
>
>
> ###########################################
>
>
>
>
>
>
> b) HOW can I induce the PHP-Interpreter to EVALUATE the "protocol" and
> "hostname" - Parameters in the "DB::connect"-string ?!
>
> c) thanx for any hint :
>
> Claus van de Vlierd


I think you want to look in DB.php to see what is going on. The PHP
Interpreter has nothing to do with this issue.

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