Posted by Ninja_Monkey on 02/14/06 12:28

thanks a lot. il give that a try. whats the @ sign for? ive never seen that
method used before?

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> Ninja_Monkey wrote:
> > hi im trying to write myself a simple database management system. and I
have
> > noticed that whenever i use a connect command like this:
> > $connection = mysqli_connect($_POST['host'], $_POST['user'],
> > $_POST['pass']);
>
> I think you should test the variables first to see that you have at least
host
> and user.
>
> /* we prevent error message to be typed out with the @ */
> if($connection = @mysqli_connect($_POST['host'],
$_POST['user'],$_POST['pass'])) {
>
> /* connection went okey */
>
> } else {
> /* connection failed */
> }
>
> > if all three parts are supplied it goes ok and returns an Object which i
can
> > check after with is_object($connection).
> > However if there is the $_POST['pass'] empty and it is required. the
error
> > it generates automaticly prints the error where the mysqli_connect() was
> > called even if i add 'or die()' at the end.
>
> die() don't stop error message output, it just kills the script.
>
>
> //Aho

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