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2.3.1.2.2.1 Create a connection to a database
Before you can access data in a database, you must create a connection to the database.In PHP, this is
done with the mysql_connect() function.
Syntax
Example
In the following example we store the connection in a variable ($con) for later use in the script. The “die”
part will be executed if the connection fails:
2.3.1.2.2.2 Closing a Connection
The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection before, use
the mysql_close() function:
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