DaWei

Are $userdata and $user_data supposed to be the same thing?

As for the
that's just an expression evaluation and should work (as long as the second part is a function, like "die"). It's more robust to use an actual conditional, in my opinion, as Sykkn suggests. It's possible that another function in the first expression could function properly and still return a zero.

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theguy0000

as for the $userdata and $user_data thing, i have no ide :p

and no, evalution did not work.

DaWei

For the connection error, I think I would bring up the mySQL command line and just run the connect statement by hand. That'll tell you whether or not the parameters to the call are correct. Your inclusion of the actual mySQL error is a good thing -- it lets you know there's an actual error and not just a bungup in the test for success. Once you get that resolved, then the rest of your problems can be banged out one at a time. You are definitely going to have to find out if you have two highly similar names ($userdata and $user_data). I doubt it.

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theguy0000

yeah, those variables are from phpbb

and thanks for the help!