<?php

$db_host="localhost"; // Host name
$db_username="animal"; // Mysql username
$db_password="Fordile298!"; // Mysql password
$db_name="animal"; // Database name
$tbl_name="products"; // Table name

// Connect to server and select database.
function.mysql_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password)or die("cannot connect"; //this is the line 10

function.mysql_select_db("$db_name"or die("cannot select DB";

?>


this works on my local machine but geves me this error online

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting T_STRING in /home/content/o/m/g/omgs0570/html/includes/db_conn.php on line 10



Help me urgently pls

<?php

$db_host="localhost"; // Host name
$db_username="animal"; // Mysql username
$db_password="Fordile298!"; // Mysql password
$db_name="animal"; // Database name
$tbl_name="products"; // Table name

// Connect to server and select database.
function.mysql_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password)or die("cannot connect"; //this is the line 10

function.mysql_select_db("$db_name"or die("cannot select DB";

?>


i need your help brothers

Thanks;

I did it manually and it works on my system locally

You are most certainly welcome. Sorry for my changing IDs.
Just me and seun playing pranks as usual - i am used to it.

- hasta la vista

Alright, I don't like debugging people code. However, you can use this little code to connect


$server = 'localhost';
$username = '';
$password = '';
$database = '';


if(!mysql_connect($server, $username, $password)) {

exit('Fatal Error: Could not establish database connection');
}

if(!mysql_select_db($database)) {

exit('Fatal Error: Could not select the database');

}

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR,

I have already solved the guys problem earlier (_werepeLeri)

Meanwhile, you appear to talk so much and you do not even know what a [size=18pt]PARSE ERROR MEANS? OLODO![/size]

Thanks a lot fellas. It's workin on normal cpanel bought in nigeria. The main hosting was registered in london nd d cpanel is so different, the phpmyadmin is located somewhere else so, localhost will not work. What do i replace localhost wit. Thanks

localhost still works on most websites. Even if it is offline.
It is the database username and password that changes.

If your server is a windows-based program.

The sql server is on a different server from the web server. Go into cpanel and go to "mysql database" in there you should see the IP of the mysql server, replace "localhost" with that IP address. If you do not see any IP address to use. . . Check the welcome email your client received with the hosting account or contact the host service provider requesting for the IP address of the mysql server. "Localhost" only works when webserver (apache, lightppd, etc) is on the same physical server with the mysql server.

Dear Admin,
Until you have sorted your buggy filter or seek for external help to get it sorted, I will be using text-to-image methods to make ALL the few posts I have to make on Nairaland. If that's going to piss you off end your miseries (before they start) by permanently banning me. Ford, I posted an explanation as to why localhost isn't working for you but tht was chopped off by some maliciousware.

There you go, the push-and-start "bot" has realised its mistake.

Finally, i fifured it out. it is not localhost but something else, Thanks to you all. you are the best from Dual core, Dhtml and you

Thank YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

Dual Core:

Dear Admin,
Until you have sorted your buggy filter or seek for external help to get it sorted, I will be using text-to-image methods to make ALL the few posts I have to make on Nairaland. If that's going to piss you off end your miseries (before they start) by permanently banning me. Ford, I posted an explanation as to why localhost isn't working for you but tht was chopped off by some maliciousware.

Santa Maria! That is part of what made me to be permanently banned.

The next upgrade of the nairaland spam killer will be much much better. . .