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mysql_affected_rows — Get number of affected rows in previous MySQL operation
mysql_client_encoding — Returns the name of the character set
mysql_close — Close MySQL connection
mysql_connect — Open a connection to a MySQL Server
mysql_create_db — Create a MySQL database
mysql_data_seek — Move internal result pointer
mysql_db_name — Retrieves database name from the call to mysql_list_dbs
mysql_db_query — Selects a database and executes a query on it
mysql_drop_db — Drop (delete) a MySQL database
mysql_errno — Returns the numerical value of the error message from previous MySQL operation
mysql_error — Returns the text of the error message from previous MySQL operation
mysql_escape_string — Escapes a string for use in a mysql_query
mysql_fetch_array — Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both
mysql_fetch_assoc — Fetch a result row as an associative array
mysql_fetch_field — Get column information from a result and return as an object
mysql_fetch_lengths — Get the length of each output in a result
mysql_fetch_object — Fetch a result row as an object
mysql_fetch_row — Get a result row as an enumerated array
mysql_field_flags — Get the flags associated with the specified field in a result
mysql_field_len — Returns the length of the specified field

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mysql_field_name — Get the name of the specified field in a result

mysql_field_seek — Set result pointer to a specified field offset
mysql_field_table — Get name of the table the specified field is in
mysql_field_type — Get the type of the specified field in a result
mysql_free_result — Free result memory
mysql_get_client_info — Get MySQL client info
mysql_get_host_info — Get MySQL host info
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mysql_info — Get information about the most recent query
mysql_insert_id — Get the ID generated in the last query
mysql_list_dbs — List databases available on a MySQL server
mysql_list_fields — List MySQL table fields
mysql_list_processes — List MySQL processes
mysql_list_tables — List tables in a MySQL database
mysql_num_fields — Get number of fields in result
mysql_num_rows — Get number of rows in result
mysql_pconnect — Open a persistent connection to a MySQL server
mysql_ping — Ping a server connection or reconnect if there is no connection
mysql_query — Send a MySQL query
mysql_real_escape_string — Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement
mysql_result — Get result data
mysql_select_db — Select a MySQL database
mysql_set_charset — Sets the client character set
mysql_stat — Get current system status
mysql_tablename — Get table name of field
mysql_thread_id — Return the current thread ID
mysql_unbuffered_query — Send an SQL query to MySQL without fetching and buffering the
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sideshowAnthony at google dot com ¶
3 years ago
Here is a PDO helper class to get you started . . .

define('DB_MAIN', 'localhost|user1|pa55word|db1');

// Connect to database db1

$db = new my_db(DB_MAIN);

// Request "SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE a=16 AND b=22"

// Get an array of stdClass's
$rows = $db->fetchAll('SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE a=? AND b=?', 16, 22);

class my_db{

    private static $databases;

    private $connection;
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    public function __construct($connDetails){

        if(!is_object(self::$databases[$connDetails])){
            list($host, $user, $pass, $dbname) = explode('|', $connDetails);
            $dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname";
            self::$databases[$connDetails] = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass);
        }
        $this->connection = self::$databases[$connDetails];
    }
   
    public function fetchAll($sql){
        $args = func_get_args();
        array_shift($args);
        $statement = $this->connection->prepare($sql);       
        $statement->execute($args);
         return $statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
    }
}

(Phillipus - I don't know what nationality you are, but the word "moron" is pretty offensive
in UK English. Thank you)
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