Cisco
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Is it posible to connect to another (non-wordpress) database from within pages?
I have a directory and user login system that i would like to incorporate in to various pages within a Wordpress theme.
How do I do this?
Thanks
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Dave Porter
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Hi Cisco,
This is not really a Artisteer question, so is best directed to the Wordpress support forums - but I believe that yes this can be done...
You are best using the Wordpress wpdb class, then your code will use the same logic as Wordpress itself uses...
http://codex.wordpress.org/wpdb
HTH - Dave Porter
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Garry
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Simply include an external database with include command:
include('database_connection.php')
database_connection.php:
<?php
function runSQL($rsql) {
$rootpasswd='yourPasswordHere';
$user='yourUserHere';
$db='yourDBhere';
$dbcnx = @mysql_connect('localhost',$user,$rootpasswd,true);
if (!$dbcnx) {
echo '<p>Unable to connect to the database server at this time.</p>';
exit();
}
mysql_select_db($db, $dbcnx);
$result = mysql_query($rsql) or die ('test');
return $result;
mysql_close($connect);
}
?>
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Dan E.
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Garry he will need a plugin that can run PHP in a Wordpress post or page. I use include-it:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/include-it/
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Cisco
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Thanks guys for the input. I'll ty it out when I return to the office next week and let you know how it works.
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