<?php if(basename(__FILE__) == basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])) send_404(); $dbHost = "localhost"; //Location Of Database usually its localhost $dbUser = "xxxx"; //Database User Name $dbPass = "xxxx"; //Database Password $dbDatabase = "xxxx"; //Database Name $db = mysql_connect($dbHost, $dbUser, $dbPass) or die ("Error connecting to database."); mysql_select_db($dbDatabase, $db) or die ("Couldn't select the database."); # This function will send an imitation 404 page if the user # types in this files filename into the address bar. # only files connecting with in the same directory as this # file will be able to use it as well. function send_404() { header('HTTP/1.x 404 Not Found'); print '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">'."n". '<html><head>'."n". '<title>404 Not Found</title>'."n". '</head><body>'."n". '<h1>Not Found</h1>'."n". '<p>The requested URL '. str_replace(strstr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '?'), '', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']). ' was not found on this server.</p>'."n". '</body></html>'."n"; exit; } # In any file you want to connect to the database, # and in this case we will name this file db.php # just add this line of php code (without the pound sign): # include"db.php"; # once ?>