As a php programmer, sometimes you need to create scripts with an install for the installation of the script. and you want to test the mysql database connection before you install it. today i was writing a script and i wanted to take the user through the installation process and one of the steps was to test the mysql database connections, if the connections fails, then the user is prompted to enter the database details again, if its successful, then it continues with the next step in the installation process. so you can use this:

You have two options:

OPTION 1 - IF you dont want to create the files yourself, Webune has provided the full script, you can download the .zip file by going to this post: How To Test Mysql Database Connection

OPTION 2 - You can follow the steps below to create the script yourself:

1. first step is to copy and paste the following code into your texteditor. if you are using windows, you can use notepad.

PHPCODE: [ testmysql.php ]
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1); // DISPLAY ANY ERRORRS ON SCRIPT
###################################### C O P Y R I G H T S ####################################
# THIS SCRIPT IS DISTRIBUTED BY WEBUNE.COM UNDER LICENSE UNDER THE GPL RULES
# PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS MESSAGE IN SUPPORT OF OUR HARD WORK TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREE SUPPORT
###############################################################################################
# OK, HERE WE GO
# Use this varialble if you are using an installation script
$step = $_GET['step'];
if (!$step) {
	$page_title = 'Form';
}
else{
	$page_title = 'Test MySQL step '.$step;
}
############## BEGIN FUNCTIONS ##############################
# FUNCTION TO TEST USERNAME AND PASSWORD IN MYSQL HOST
function db_connect($server, $username, $password, $link = 'db_link') {
	global $$link, $db_error;
	$db_error = false;
	if (!$server) {
		$db_error = 'No Server selected.';
		return false;
	}
	$$link = @mysql_connect($server, $username, $password) or $db_error = mysql_error();
	return $$link;
}
# FUNCTION TO SELECT DATABASE ACCESS
function db_select_db($database) {
	echo mysql_error();
	return mysql_select_db($database);
}
# FUNCTION TO TEST DATABASE ACCESS
function db_test_create_db_permission($database) {
	global $db_error;
	$db_created = false;
	$db_error = false;
	if (!$database) {
		$db_error = 'No Database selected.';
		return false;
	}
	if ($db_error) {
		return false;
	} else {
		if (!@db_select_db($database)) {
			$db_error = mysql_error();
			return false;
		}else {
			return true;
		}
	return true;
	}
}

function step1 ($error) {
	echo '<h1 style="color:#FF0000">'.$error.'</h1><hr>';
?>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?step=2">
<table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td><div align="right">mysql hostname:</div></td>
<td><input name="server" type="text" value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['server']; ?>"> 
(usually &quot;localhost&quot; or enter IP Address of MySQL Server)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right">mysql username:</div></td>
<td><input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['username']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right">mysql username password:</div></td>
<td><input type="text" name="password" value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['password']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right">mysql database name:</div></td>
<td><input type="text" name="database" value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['database']; ?>"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Webune MYSQL TEST - <?php echo $page_title; ?></title>
</head>
<body>
<h1><?php echo $page_title; ?></h1>
<?php
############## END FUNCTIONS ##############################
switch ($step) {
	case '2':
		if ($_REQUEST['server']) {
				$db = array();
				$db['DB_SERVER'] = trim(stripslashes($_REQUEST['server']));
				$db['DB_SERVER_USERNAME'] = trim(stripslashes($_REQUEST['username']));
				$db['DB_SERVER_PASSWORD'] = trim(stripslashes($_REQUEST['password']));
				$db['DB_DATABASE'] = trim(stripslashes($_REQUEST['database']));
				$db_error = false;
				db_connect($db['DB_SERVER'], $db['DB_SERVER_USERNAME'], $db['DB_SERVER_PASSWORD']);
				if ($db_error == false) {
					if (!db_test_create_db_permission($db['DB_DATABASE'])) {
						$error = $db_error;
					}
				} else {
					$error = $db_error;
				}
				if ($db_error != false) {
					$error = "failed";
					echo step1($db_error);
				} else {
					echo '<h1 style="color:green">Congratulations!</h1>
					Connected Successful to database <strong>
					<a href="//www.webune.com/forums/how-to-test-mysql-database-connection.html">Continue &gt;&gt; </a></strong>';
				}
		} else {
			$error = "ERROR: please provide a hostname";
			echo step1($error);
		}
	break;

	default:
	echo step1('Step 1');
	break;
}
?>
<div align="center">
<img src="//www.webune.com/images/headers/default_logo.jpg">
</div>
<div align="center">
Script Courtesy of 
<a href="//www.webune.com">Webune PHP/Mysql Hosting</a></div>
</body>
</html>


2. save the file as testmysql.php and upload to your website. NOTE: you must have php and mysql for this sample script to work

3. now open testmysql.php with your browser ( http://www.example.com/testmysql.php ), you will see if it fails or if it is able to connect successful

hope this helps

UPDATE: 12/19/2012 Thanks for your comments. I see that some of you have had trouble with the code. I have tested it again and it works ok on my apache server using XAMPP on my windows 7 laptop. So I created a short video to show you as proof that it works.

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