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Connect to a MySQL database

Connect to a MySQL database

<?php
/** * Edit the database settings to your own. 
* To use, just include the function and  
* call it using <?php db_connect(); 
?> 
* * You can then do your database queries 
*/// 
Edit your database settings$db_host = "localhost";$db_user = "username";$db_pass = "password"; $db_name = "databasename";function db_connect() 
{    global $db_host;    global $db_user;    global $db_pass;
    global $db_name;    $connection = mysql_connect($db_host,$db_user,$db_pass);   
 if (!(mysql_select_db($db_name,$connection)))
 {        echo "Could not connect to the database";    }
    return $connection;}
?>