swiftmed — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:07:35 +0000

hi mate,

thanks for your response again...after many hours wondering what was wrong all it boiled down to was that i was using the database name as "dcp4" instead of "fowd_dcp4". As soon as i changed this, the installation went through smoothly.

Once again, thanks a lot for your support in trying to get the problem sorted for me. Thank You!

Busy — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:55:53 +0000

make sure this line: $sql = 'CREATE DATABASE $_POST[m_name]';
doesn't have the single quotes around m_name

Is easier to work through it on here, I personally don't get a lot of time and posting on here allows others to pick up at diferent times (time zones).

Posting the code above/on line 38 would be helpful

swiftmed — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:42:42 +0000

Hello mate,

tried that, as soon as i point my browser to the install.php file now i am getting this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /usr/home/fowd/public_html/install.php on line 38'

if you can will you be able to email me direct, or via msn mesenger please? My msn messenger address is dontforgetmeok@hotmail.com, my email is mail@swiftmediauk.co.uk

Cheers mate.

Busy — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:45:42 +0000

$db = @mysql_select_db($_POST['m_name'], $conn);
if (!$db) {
if (mysql_create_db($_POST['m_name'])) {
echo "Database created successfully\n";
} else {

change to

$db = @mysql_select_db($_POST['m_name'], $conn);
if (!$db) {
$sql = 'CREATE DATABASE $_POST[m_name]';
if (mysql_query($sql, $conn)) {
echo "Database $_POST['m_name'] created successfully\n";
} else {

The function mysql_create_db() is deprecated. It is preferable to use mysql_query() to issue a sql CREATE DATABASE statement instead.
source = http://php.net/mysql_create_db

swiftmed — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:18:03 +0000

lol you guys reply quickly on this forums...thanks for taking the time to help me out mate. the lines are....

$db = @mysql_select_db($_POST['m_name'], $conn);
   if (!$db) {
	if (mysql_create_db($_POST['m_name'])) {
	   echo "Database created successfully\n";
	} else {

Busy — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:14:36 +0000

Can you show us lines 35 and 36? if it contains username or password just put xxxx in place of them.

Most scripts require you to create the database first but this is not the error, the error is a missing function