Manual  /  Functions  /  Database Functions  /  dbInfo

Arguments:

Name	Description
$db	The name of the database where you want to connect to
$table	The name of the table where the values should loaded from and stored in.
$type	The type of database you are connecting to. The default is set in the configuration file with the var FH_DEFAULT_DB_TYPE.

Description:

This function sets the database info to make a new connection to a database. After setting this data you have to connect to
the database using the method dbConnect();

Note: You can only use these functions if you make use of the dbFormHandler class! So, include class.dbFormHandler.php and create a new FormHandler object with the constructor dbFormHandler().

Note: If you want to use an already opened connection, please use setConnectionResource().

Example

<?php // include the class include('FH3/class.dbFormHandler.php'); // create new formhandler object $form = new dbFormHandler(); // Set the database info and connect! $form->dbInfo( "myDB", "myTable" ); $form->dbConnect( "localhost", "username", "password" ); // some fields + button $form->textField("Name", "name", FH_STRING, 20, 50); $form->textField("Age", "age", FH_INTEGER, 3, 3); $form->selectField("Gender", "gender", array('M', 'F'), null, false); $form->submitButton("Save"); // data handling // MAKE SURE YOU USE ONSAVED! $form->onSaved("doRun"); // display the page $form->flush(); // the data handler function doRun( $id, $data )  {     echo     "Hello ". $data['name'] ."\n".     "Your data is saved!\n"; } ?>

See also: dbFormHandler  |  dbConnect  |  SetConnectionResource

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