"172.29.42.1","dbuser"=>"ruchita-comtrn","dbpass"=>"dfsTYuu%%$453","dbname"=>"companytrends"); $db_arr = array("dbserver"=>"172.29.50.5","dbuser"=>"ruchita-comtrn","dbpass"=>"dfsTYuu%%$453","dbname"=>"companytrends"); function conn(){ global $db_arr; $link = mysql_pconnect($db_arr['dbserver'],$db_arr['dbuser'],$db_arr['dbpass']); if(!$link) { die('could not connect to DB with companytrends: '.mysql_error()); } mysql_select_db($db_arr['dbname'],$link) or die(mysql_error()); //echo "done"; return $link; mysql_close($link); } ?>