<?php
 require_once('DB.php');
  
 // database connection setup section
  
 $username = 'user';
 $password = 'seekrit';
 $hostspec = 'localhost';
 $database = 'phpbook';
  
 // select one of these three values for $phptype
  
 // $phptype = 'pgsql';
 // $phptype = 'oci8';
 $phptype = 'mysql';
  
 // check for Oracle 8 - data source name syntax is different
  
 if ($phptype != 'oci8'){
     $dsn = "$phptype://$username:$password@$hostspec/$database";
 } else {
     $net8name = 'www';
     $dsn = "$phptype://$username:$password@$net8name";
 }
  
 // establish the connection
  
 $db = DB::connect($dsn);
 if (DB::isError($db)) {
     die ($db->getMessage( ));
 }
?>