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                                mysqli_connect

   (PHP 5 CVS only)
   mysqli_connect -- Open a new connection to the MySQL server

Description

   resource mysqli_connect ( [string hostname [, string username [,
   string passwd [, string dbname [, int port [, string socket]]]]]])

   The mysqli_connect() function attempts to open a connection to the
   MySQL Server running on host which can be either a hostname or an IP
   address. Passing the NULL value or the string "localhost" to this
   parameter, the local host is assumed. When possible, pipes will be
   used instead of the TCP/IP protocol. If successful, the
   mysqli_connect() will return a resource representing the connection to
   the database, or FALSE on failure.

   The username and password parameters specify the username and password
   under which to connect to the MySQL server. If the password is not
   provided (the NULL value is passed), the MySQL server will attempt to
   authenticate the user against those user records which have no
   password only. This allows one username to be used with different
   permissions (depending on if a password as provided or not).

   The dbname parameter if provided will specify the default database to
   be used when performing queries.

   The port and socket parameters are used in conjunction with the
   hostname parameter to further control how to connect to the database
   server. The port parameter specifies the port number to attempt to
   connect to the MySQL server on, while the socket parameter specifies
   the socket or named pipe that should be used.

     Note: Specifying the socket parameter will not explicitly determine
     the type of connection to be used when connecting to the MySQL
     server. How the connection is made to the MySQL database is
     determined by the host parameter.

   Example 1. Using the mysqli_connect function
   <?php


   /* Open a connection as foo@localhost and make bar the default
   database */
   $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "foo", "password", "bar");
   ?>

   See also mysqli_close() and mysqli_real_connect().
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