The lines are now uncommented and filled out, there does not seem to be any change in what is happening.
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// If you have placed PhotoPost Classifieds into a seperate database, you will need to
// uncomment these lines to connect to the PhotoPost Classifieds database. It is suggested
// that you install PP into the same database as
vB for better performance.
//
// If you use the same userid/password to access both databases, you don't need to
// uncomment the mysql_connect - this is only if you require different ids to access
// the PhotoPost Classifieds database.
//
$link = mysql_connect ("localhost", "mysite_root", "Password here") or die('I cannot connect to the database.');
mysql_select_db ("mysite_forums")or die("Could not select photopost database");
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