mysql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource

[sniperman]

Hi all, very confused as to why this code does not function when a simple database connection works.

This is the code that calls all the configuration.

// Load cfg
require_once(DATA . 'config.php');

// Load DB
require_once(DATA . 'dbconfig.php');
require_once(INC . 'mysql.php');
$DB = new MySQL();
$DB->server = DBHOST;
$DB->user = DBUSER;
$DB->password = DBPASS;
$DB->database = DBNAME;
$DB->connect();

This is inside the dbconfig.php file

<?PHP
define ("DBHOST", "localhost"); 
define ("DBNAME", "dbase_dbase");
define ("DBUSER", "dbase_user");
define ("DBPASS", "==password");  
?>

This is the mysql.php string.

<?php

if(!defined('IN_MY'))
  die("Oops, I think you want to hack me!");


// SQL Save function
function SQLSave($theValue, $theType)
{
	$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
	
	$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? 
		mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);
	
	switch ($theType)
	{
		case "text":
			$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
			break;
		case "long":
		case "int":
			$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
			break;
		case "double":
			$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
			break;
		case "date":
			$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
			break;
		case "defined":
			$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
			break;
	}
	return $theValue;
}

// ##################### MySQL Connection Handle Library #######################
class MySQL 
{
	var $server   = "localhost";
	var $user     = "root";
	var $password = "";
	var $database = "";

	var $conn     = 0;
	var $queryid  = 0;
	var $row   = array();

	var $errdesc  = "";
	var $errno   = 0;
  
  	// ###################### connect #######################
  	function connect()
  	{
    	if(0 == $this->conn)
    	{
      		if($this->password=="")
      		{
        		$this->conn = mysql_connect($this->server.":3306",$this->user);
      		}
      		else
      		{
        		$this->conn = mysql_connect($this->server.":3306",$this->user,$this->password);
      		}

      		if(!$this->conn)
      		{
        		$this->error("Connection == false, connect failed");
      		}

      		if($this->database != "")
      		{
        		if(!mysql_select_db($this->database, $this->conn))
        		{
          			$this->error("cannot use database ".$this->database);
        		}
      		}

    	}
  	}

The error spots are marked in red. For some reason it fails there and submits the fail error. Which is odd because when I use the simple database connector below, it always connects to the database.

// Load DB
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'dbase_user', '==password');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

$db_selected = mysql_select_db('dbase_dbase', $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
	die('<p>unable to locate the database</p>');
	}

[traq]

A possible cause:
somehow, your MySql class is not using your config file, and is falling back on its own default values:

    var $server   = "localhost";
    var $user     = "root";
    var $password = "";
    var $database = ""; 

...which aren't valid, so the connection is denied.

Try replacing those values (directly) in the class definition with your real database credentials, and see what happens. You can also try to print $DB->server;, etc., and see if the values are being successfully assigned.

(And don't post your username/passwords on a public forum )