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);
if ($aquery = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY id ASC")){
while ($adata = mysql_fetch_array ($aquery)){
echo "ID: " . $adata['id'] . "";
echo "Title: " . stripslashes ($adata['title']) . "";
echo "Artist: " . stripslashes ($adata['myvalue']) . "";
}
} else {
echo mysql_error();
}
closedatabase ($db);
?>