Episode 3 : Connecting to the Database

Before you can connect to the database, you need four things:

❑ Database name

❑ Host Server name

❑ Username

❑ Password

Connect to the database using the following command (in PHP):

$connection = mysql_connect(“servername”, “username”, “password”);

You then need to select the appropriate database by using the following command (in PHP):

<?php

$database = mysql_select_db(“databasename”, $connection)

or die(“couldn’t find the database”);

?>

Written by ‘Shojib’.