$dbservertype='mysql';
$servername='localhost';
$dbusername='root';
$dbpassword='';
$dbname='IDS';
connecttodb($servername,$dbname,$dbusername,$dbpassword);
function connecttodb($servername,$dbname,$dbuser,$dbpassword) {
global $link;
$link=mysql_connect("$servername","$dbuser","$dbpassword");
if(!$link) { die("Could not connect to MySQL"); }
mysql_select_db("$dbname",$link) or die ("could not open db".mysql_error());
}
?>