Question

I am trying to connect to MySQL via PHP through the following code

<?php

$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'root';
$pass   = 'pass';


 $con = mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$pass);
 if (!$con)
   {
   die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
   }

 mysql_select_db("test", $con);

 mysql_query("UPDATE cbdb SET fax = '36160'
 WHERE cemail = '[e-mail]' AND cbref = 'test_cbref'");

 mysql_close($con);
 ?>

but an error is showing even though the MySQL connection error is displayed.

Answer 1

you are missing ; after pass and use following syntax

   $db_host=" "; //the host name of the sql server (if you do not know, leave as localhost. usually works)
   $db_name=" ";  //the name of the database
   $db_user=" ";  //the username that is associated with the database
   $db_pass=" "; //the password for the username

   $dbc=mysql_connect($db_host,$db_user,$db_pass) OR DIE (mysql_error());
   $dbs=mysql_select_db($db_name) OR DIE (mysql_error());