How do you use 1 database for multiple php scripts?

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Question by justin1003356: How do you use 1 database for multiple php scripts?
Ok, so i have a lot of different php scripts like user management, shopping cart, forums. I don’t want my customers to have to sign-up multiple times for my website. I need to know how to do this.

Thanks A lot

Best answer:

Answer by Nigel
You only need the one database, you can connect to it from as many scripts as you want.
Each script will have something like ( for MySQL )

$ conn = mysql_connect($ dbhost, $ dbuser, $ dbpass)
or die (‘Error connecting to mysql’);

Have a look at http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/wikis/mysql-tutorials/connect-to-mysql-database.aspx for more examples.

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