<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Select a MySQL database</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.mysql-result.html">mysql_result</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.mysql-set-charset.html">mysql_set_charset</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.mysql.html">MySQL Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.mysql-select-db" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">mysql_select_db</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysql_select_db</span> — <span class="dc-title">Select a MySQL database</span></p> </div> <div id="function.mysql-select-db-refsynopsisdiv"> <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong> <p class="para">This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the future. Instead, the <a href="book.mysqli.html" class="link">MySQLi</a> or <a href="ref.pdo-mysql.html" class="link">PDO_MySQL</a> extension should be used. See also <a href="mysqlinfo.api.choosing.html" class="link">MySQL: choosing an API</a> guide and <a href="faq.databases.html#faq.databases.mysql.deprecated" class="link">related FAQ</a> for more information. Alternatives to this function include:</p> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.select-db.html" class="function">mysqli_select_db()</a></span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="pdo.construct.html" class="methodname">PDO::__construct()</a></span> (part of dsn)</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mysql-select-db-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_select_db</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database_name</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code><span class="initializer"> = NULL</span></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Sets the current active database on the server that's associated with the specified link identifier. Every subsequent call to <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-query.html" class="function">mysql_query()</a></span> will be made on the active database. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mysql-select-db-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">database_name</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The name of the database that is to be selected. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter"> link_identifier</code></em></span><dd> <p class="para">The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function">mysql_connect()</a></span> is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function">mysql_connect()</a></span> was called with no arguments. If no connection is found or established, an <strong><code>E_WARNING</code></strong> level error is generated.</p></dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mysql-select-db-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.mysql-select-db-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-1613"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_select_db()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'localhost'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_password'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Not connected : ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// make foo the current db<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db_selected </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'foo'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db_selected</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> die (</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Can\'t use foo : ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.mysql-select-db-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> For backward compatibility, the following deprecated alias may be used: <span class="function"><strong>mysql_selectdb()</strong></span> </p> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mysql-select-db-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_connect()</a> - Open a connection to a MySQL Server</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-pconnect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_pconnect()</a> - Open a persistent connection to a MySQL server</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_query()</a> - Send a MySQL query</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.mysql-result.html">mysql_result</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.mysql-set-charset.html">mysql_set_charset</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.mysql.html">MySQL Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>