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    PHP - SQL problem

    I have been working on a website recently that needs to contain databases with things like emails (used as user name), passwords, and other information on the user. The problem I have been having is accessing the database using PHP. When I view this file in my browser, it only shows "connecting..." and doesn't continue with anything. I called the tech support, and that is the information they said to use, but its not working. I figured even if the information wasn't correct, it should go to the IF statement that displays an error, but that doesn't happen. Here is code that I have attempted to use to connect to the database. The domain is registered with Register.com if that helps. As you can tell, I am very new to PHP and SQL, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Code:
    <?php
    /* Program: mysql_up.php
     * Desc:    Connects to MySQL Server and 
     *          outputs settings.
     */
     echo "<html>
           <head><title>Test MySQL</title></head>
           <body>";
     $host="sql5c6a.megasqlservers.com";
     $user="dbm.restoretraditionalamerica.com";
     $password="*";
    echo "connecting...";
     $cxn = mysqli_connect($host,$user,$password);
    echo "connected";
     $sql="SHOW STATUS";
     $result = mysqli_query($cxn,$sql);
     if($result == false)
     {
        echo "<h4>Error: ".mysqli_error($cxn)."</h4>";
     }
     else
     {
       /* Table that displays the results */
       echo "<table border='1'>
             <tr><th>Variable_name</th>
                 <th>Value</th></tr>";
       for($i = 0; $i < mysqli_num_rows($result); $i++) 
       {
         echo "<tr>";
         $row_array = mysqli_fetch_row($result);
          for($j = 0;$j < mysqli_num_fields($result);$j++) 
          {
             echo "<td>".$row_array[$j]."</td>\n";
          }
       }
       echo "</table>";
     }
    ?>
    </body></html>

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    try with a simple script like this to see if it connects ok ->

    Code:
    // Connect to database.
    @mysql_connect("localhost", "loginname", "password") or die('<font face="helvetica">At this time we are unable to connect to the Database.<br><br>The most likely cause is a problem with the server hosting the database.<br><br>Please try again later as these problems tend to be transient.<br><br>We apologise for the inconvenience.</font>');
    
    @mysql_select_db("databasename") or die("Unable to select db");
    If this works with your info, maybe there's a typo somewhere in the other script?

    In this script too, "localhost" may need to be changed to the address of your ISP's server.

    Cheers,
    Niggles

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    I attempted to use localhost and the host i previously posted, both of which returned the answer: At this time we are unable to connect to the Database....

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    Have you verified username, host information, password etc etc?

    your PHP connect to the MySQL database isn't working.

    Also you have an error in your connection string.

    $cxn = mysqli_connect

    should be
    $cxn = mysql_connect
    =

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    That mysqli statement is correct if the MySQL is version 4.1 or above.

    http://nl.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysqli.php

    There is a slight flaw in the code though. The code doesn't check if the connection actually succeeded.

    Add this and it may give you a clue why it's failing:
    Code:
    if (!$cxn) {
        printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
        exit();
    }
    Oliver's Law:
    Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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    Ahh...shows you how adapt I am at programming...only do it when I have to..lol
    =

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    Doesn't matter, I had to look up mysqli_ myself, I'm also used to seeing mysql_
    This shows you how long it's been since I played with the stuff

    It seems you can use mysql_ but the mysqli_ lets you make use of the features found in 4.1.0 and higher.
    Last edited by SirDice; December 14th, 2007 at 09:16 PM.
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    Don't suppress your error messages in your test scripts. That's kind of counter-productive, no?

    My thoughts.

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    You have to isolate your problem so id comment out a bunch of code and see if it gets that far

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    The problem is it gets to line
    echo "connecting...";and is fine, but it seems to stop on the next line.

    I don't really know what you'd want me to comment out, because I know where its hanging, I just don't know what to do about it.

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