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what is meant by a pointer with dbconnection?
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what is meant by a pointer with dbconnection?

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Basically establish a connection to the database:<br />
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$dbConnection = mysql_connect(&quot;localhost&quot;,<wbr /> &quot;db_user_name&quot;, &quot;db_password&quot;);<br />
mysql_select_db(&quot;database_<wbr />name&quot;);<br />
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Replace the values accordingly.<br />
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:o)<br />
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Ant
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Basically establish a connection to the database:


$dbConnection = mysql_connect("localhost", "db_user_name", "db_password");
mysql_select_db("database_name");



Replace the values accordingly.

:o)

Ant

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Thank you very much! &nbsp;That was so simple. &nbsp;I have dont it before in asp, but now i am doing a project in php. (first major one)<br />
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when you said pointer i got confused with char *ptr;<br />
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(i am also doing c++)<br />
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i was like there arent pointers in php, are there? &nbsp;i am learning php as i do projects so i havent had the opportuninty to learn the language yet! <br />
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thanks again!
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Thank you very much!  That was so simple.  I have dont it before in asp, but now i am doing a project in php. (first major one)

when you said pointer i got confused with char *ptr;

(i am also doing c++)

i was like there arent pointers in php, are there?  i am learning php as i do projects so i havent had the opportuninty to learn the language yet!

thanks again!

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My pleasure. :o)<br />
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Ant
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Hi,<br />
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How do i populate a select dropdown box in a php page. &nbsp;Ilike to use the following sql statement: &quot;select distinct country from teldir&quot; so the drop down list will display countries only found in the teldir.<br />
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thanks so much
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Hi,

How do i populate a select dropdown box in a php page.  Ilike to use the following sql statement: "select distinct country from teldir" so the drop down list will display countries only found in the teldir.

thanks so much

Populating Select Box from mySQL

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.