Building Queries on the Fly
function opendatabase ($host,$user,$pass) {
try {
if ($db = mysql_connect ($host,$user,$pass)){
return $db;
} else {
throw new exception ("Sorry, could not connect to mysql.");
}
} catch (exception $e) {
echo $e->getmessage ();
}
}
function selectdb ($whichdb, $db){
try {
if (!mysql_select_db ($whichdb,$db)){
throw new exception ("Sorry, database could not be opened.");
}
} catch (exception $e) {
echo $e->getmessage();
}
}
function closedatabase ($db){
mysql_close ($db);
}
$db = opendatabase ("localhost","root","");
selectdb ("mydatabase",$db);
$_POST['user'] = "root";
$_POST['pass'] = "";
function validatelogin ($user,$pass){
mysql_real_escape_string ($user);
mysql_real_escape_string ($pass);
$thequery = "SELECT * FROM userlogin WHERE username='$user' AND password='$pass'";
if ($aquery = mysql_query ($thequery)){
if (mysql_num_rows ($aquery) > 0){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
} else {
echo mysql_error();
}
}
if (validatelogin ($_POST['user'],$_POST['pass'])){
echo "You have successfully logged in.";
} else {
echo "Sorry, you have an incorrect username and/or password.";
}
//Then close the database.
closedatabase ($db);
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