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Script for a quick PHP MySQL DB connection test.
<?php
# Fill our vars and run on cli
# $ php -f db-connect-test.php
$dbname = 'name';
$dbuser = 'user';
$dbpass = 'pass';
$dbhost = 'host';
$connect = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die("Unable to Connect to '$dbhost'");
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die("Could not open the db '$dbname'");
$test_query = "SHOW TABLES FROM $dbname";
$result = mysql_query($test_query);
$tblCnt = 0;
while($tbl = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$tblCnt++;
#echo $tbl[0]."<br />\n";
}
if (!$tblCnt) {
echo "There are no tables<br />\n";
} else {
echo "There are $tblCnt tables<br />\n";
}
@hargi12
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hargi12 commented Aug 6, 2018

Well detailed script. Thanks

@davegog
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davegog commented Oct 9, 2018

Hi Chris,

Many thanks for your script, I've updated it with an html form section, if anyone needs to test the same via a browser. The name of the *.php files corresponds to the name depicted in the form section (form action="index.php”)' currently, this can be changed to match the name of the php file. I've tested it with RDS MySQL.

<?php

if(isset($_POST['dbname']) && isset($_POST['dbuser']) && isset($_POST['dbpass']) && isset($_POST['dbhost']))

{

        $dbname = $_POST['dbname'];
        $dbuser = $_POST['dbuser'];
        $dbpass = $_POST['dbpass'];
        $dbhost = $_POST['dbhost'];


        $link = mysqli_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die("Unable to Connect to '$dbhost'");
        mysqli_select_db($link, $dbname) or die("Could not open the db '$dbname'");

        $test_query = "SHOW TABLES FROM $dbname";
        $result = mysqli_query($link, $test_query);

        $tblCnt = 0;
        while($tbl = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
         $tblCnt++;
         #echo $tbl[0]."<br />\n";
        }

        if (!$tblCnt) {
                echo "There are no tables<br />\n";
                } else {
                echo "There are $tblCnt tables<br />\n";
                }

                }
?>


<form action="index.php" method="post">
        Enter Database_name: <input type="text" name="dbname" />
        Enter Database_username: <input type="text" name="dbuser" />
        Enter Database_password: <input type="password" name="dbpass" />
        Enter Database_host: <input type="text" name="dbhost" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>


@waseemmir1
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what is the error I am getting when I do php.script.php

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect()

@jonasrafael
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thanks!

@HATIMEDIA
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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\db-connect-test.php:10
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
thrown in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\db-connect-test.php on line 10

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cambmon commented Jan 3, 2020

Using on MariaDB Implemented on RaspberryPi
I found this code very helpful i’m new to php and this code was just the job.
Many thanks
Phil

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Thank you!

@rauhmaru
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Thanks bro!

@franciscoeymardneto
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Thanks man!

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