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List:       php-general
Subject:    Re: [PHP] I hate bugs...Mysqli issue
From:       "Richard Lynch" <ceo () l-i-e ! com>
Date:       2007-12-31 20:30:16
Message-ID: 54991.98.193.37.55.1199133016.squirrel () www ! l-i-e ! com
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On Fri, December 21, 2007 10:50 am, Jason Pruim wrote:
> <?php
>
>
>
> $link = mysqli_connect($server, $username, $password, $database) ;
>
> /* check connection */
> if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
>      printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
>      exit();
> }
>
>
>
> ?>
> It looks valid to me... as long as it's connecting... the username/
> password/database are all correct, I can log in from the command line
> with no issue....

Perhaps it is valid, when the database is up and running.

But if your DB was re-started for some reason, the link won't be there
while it's restarting will it?

You've GOT to write code to handle the $link being false instead of
marching blindly off the cliff.

You are not a lemming. :-)

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