Date: 12/15/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, mysql, sql, web

So I'm reading a tutorial on creating polls using MySQL and PHP, and this is the php side of it.

Is it me, or is this extremely bad to put on a webpage, what with it requiring a usename and password? Am I just not reading it properly?

$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'user';
$pass = 'pass';
$db = 'polls';
print "\n";
print "\n";
print "\n";
print "\n";
print "\n";
print "

\n";
print "

Which of these activities do you most enjoy?

\n";
$dbcon = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass)
or die('Unable to connect to server ' . $host);
mysql_select_db($db) or die('Unable to find database ' . $db);
$form_query = 'SELECT * FROM poll_answers';
if($result = mysql_query($form_query)) {
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
print "". $row['activity'] . "
\n";
}
}
print "\n";
print "

\n";
print "

See vote totals

\n"
;
print "\n";
print "\n";
?>

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1195771.html