showerror() vs mysql_error() ..... difference

[user]

Could someone give me the quick difference betweeen the 2 error
functions and why one should use one or the other.

if (!mysql_select_db($database, $connection))
showerror();

$connection = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', mysql_password')
or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
TIA

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user wrote:

Could someone give me the quick difference betweeen the 2 error
functions and why one should use one or the other.

if (!mysql_select_db($database, $connection))
showerror();

$connection = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user',
mysql_password') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

Since the PHP manual doesn't list a function named showerror(), I can
only guess that it's a user-created function (ie. created by whoever
wrote the script), while mysql_error() is a built-in function that
retrieves the last error message from MySQL (or a blank string if the
last query/access was successful).

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[Kimmo Laine]

"user" <so*****@someplace.orgwrote in message
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Could someone give me the quick difference betweeen the 2 error functions
and why one should use one or the other.

if (!mysql_select_db($database, $connection))
showerror();

$connection = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', mysql_password')
or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

mysql_error is a built-in function, comes in the package, and showerror is
something used only in the php project you are working with. Ask the person
who wrote the script, it's not a common php function. It's possible that it
has more sophisticated error handling than what mysql_error provides.

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[user]

Thanks to both of you.

Kimmo Laine wrote:

"user" <so*****@someplace.orgwrote in message
news:6o*********************@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

>>Could someone give me the quick difference betweeen the 2 error functions
and why one should use one or the other.

if (!mysql_select_db($database, $connection))
showerror();

$connection = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', mysql_password')
or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

mysql_error is a built-in function, comes in the package, and showerror is
something used only in the php project you are working with. Ask the person
who wrote the script, it's not a common php function. It's possible that it
has more sophisticated error handling than what mysql_error provides.