mysql_connect [#28828]

Comment #1

killes@www.drop.org commented 14 August 2005 at 00:14

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you are wrong. the function you are lookign for is mysqli_real_connect. Note the "i". mysqli is an alternative extension that allows people to access advanced features of mysql 4.1 which Drupal does not use.

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Comment #2

GD commented 14 August 2005 at 06:08

24.2.3.5. mysql_connect()
MYSQL *mysql_connect(MYSQL *mysql, const char *host, const char *user, const char *passwd)

Description

This function is deprecated. It is preferable to use mysql_real_connect() instead.

mysql_connect() attempts to establish a connection to a MySQL database engine running on host. mysql_connect() must complete successfully before you can execute any of the other API functions, with the exception of mysql_get_client_info().

The meanings of the parameters are the same as for the corresponding parameters for mysql_real_connect() with the difference that the connection parameter may be NULL. In this case the C API allocates memory for the connection structure automatically and frees it when you call mysql_close(). The disadvantage of this approach is that you can't retrieve an error message if the connection fails. (To get error information from mysql_errno() or mysql_error(), you must provide a valid MYSQL pointer.)

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Comment #3

killes@www.drop.org commented 14 August 2005 at 17:34

http://de3.php.net/mysql-connect

There is nothign mentioned ybout mysql_connect being depreciated. I guess you are quoting directly from the mysql docs. In any case: This doesn't afffect us now.