Question

$link = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_password);
if (!$link) {
  die ("MySQL Connection error");
}


mysql_select_db($db_name, $link) or die ("Wrong MySQL Database");

i tried to code some lines if $link or $db_name not ok echo some text

something like this

if (!$link || !$db_name) {
  echo 'Some Text Here';
}

but it didn’t work

please how i can do that ?

Answer 1

mysql_select_db is a boolean function, so.

$link = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_password);

$db = mysql_select_db($db_name, $link);

if(!$link && !$db) {
  echo "nothing works";
}

But please, don’t use mysql_* functions in new code. They are no longer maintained and are officially deprecated. See the red box? Learn about prepared statements instead, and use PDO, or MySQLi – this article will help you decide which.