open_db.php

<?php

// *************************************************************
// file: open_db.php
// created by: Alex Gordon, Elliott Staude
// date: 04-6-2014
// purpose: The open_db function simply connects to the database and opens the connection to the database. It’s imported when we want to connect and simply saves us from 
// duplicated the code a 100 times. 
// *************************************************************

// database server name
$serverName = "sql05train1.gordon.edu";
// connect to CTSEquipment
$connectionInfo = array(
'Database' => 'CTSEquipment');
// connet
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);

//select a database to work with
// or die("Couldn't open database $myDB");
?>