Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

$connection = mysql_pconnect($hostname, $username, $password);

if(!mysql_select_db($server, $connection)) { ... 

$connection = mysql_pconnect($server, $username, $password, $client_flags);

$hostname = "99.99.999.999"; 
$password = "aaaaahh"; 
$username = "xxx xxx"; 
$server = "MySQL 1";

$connection = mysql_pconnect($hostname, $username, $password);

if (!$connection)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_close($connection);

// just so we know it is broken
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// some basic sanity checks
if(isset($_GET['image_id']) && is_numeric($_GET['image_id'])) {
    //connect to the db
    $link = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());

    // select our database
    mysql_select_db("testblob") or die(mysql_error());

    // get the image from the db
    $sql = "SELECT image FROM testblob WHERE image_id=0";

    // the result of the query
    $result = mysql_query("$sql") or die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error());

    // set the header for the image
    header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
    echo mysql_result($result, 0);

    // close the db link
    mysql_close($link);
}
else {
    echo 'Please use a real id number';
}

<?php
	$wordApp = new COM("Word.Application");
	$wordApp->visible = true;
	$wordApp->Documents->Add();
	$wordApp->Selection->TypeText("Code Project - PHP Office Automation Example - enhzflep: \n");
	$wordApp->Selection->InlineShapes->AddPicture("http://s.codeproject.com/App_Themes/Std/Img/logo225x90.gif");
	$wordApp->ActiveDocument->SaveAs("CP - php example");
	$wordApp->Quit();
	unset($wordApp);
?>

$fld1 = '';
$fld2 = '';
$fld3 = '';

$sql = "select * from aTable";
$rst = mysql_query($sql);
if(mysql_num_rows($rst)>0)
{
   $fld1 = $row['col1'];
   $fld2 = $row['col2'];
   $fld3 = $row['col3'];
}

echo "<input type='text' value='".$fld1."'>";
echo "<input type='text' value='".$fld2."'>";
echo "<input type='text' value='".$fld3."'>";