call mysql_error() on failed connection

diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index aaf4e98500726ec87d7b98608406e21cc25f672e..b5de559c957cb20faae5684a40bc9396367abbf7 100644 (file)
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 
        $link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME); 
 
+       if (!$link) {
+               if (DB_TYPE == "mysql") {
+                       print mysql_error();
+               }
+               // PG seems to display its own errors just fine by default.             
+               return;
+       }
+
        if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
                pg_query("set client_encoding = 'utf-8'");
        }