Question 9-1.
Create a PEAR-style connect string to connect to this database:
hostname: oreilly.comdatabase name: surveyusername: joepassword: my$ql
hostname: oreilly.com
database name: survey
username: joe
password: my$ql
Question 9-2.
Using the parameters in Question 9-1, write the non-PEAR PHP code to connect to a database and select the instance.
Question 9-3.
Using the connection from Question 9-2, write the non-PEAR PHP code to fetch and display the results of the query select * from authors;.
Question 9-4.
What are the advantages of using PEAR?
See the Appendix for the answers to these questions.