Failed to connect to database server"); mysql_select_db("$dbname") or die("Failed to select database"); mysql_query("SET character_set_results = 'utf8', character_set_client = 'utf8', character_set_connection = 'utf8', character_set_database = 'utf8', character_set_server = 'utf8'", $dbh); return $dbh; } $conn = connectdb(); $sql = "DESCRIBE temp_event_calendar"; $result = mysql_query($sql) or die('error'); $myrow= mysql_fetch_object($result); print_r($myrow); ?>