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<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>
<!DOCTYPE html 
 PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" 
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
    <title>age.php</title>
</head>

<body>

<?php
    require_once( 'output_functions.php' );

    function connect_to_database( $host, $user, $password, $dbname )
    {
        // Try to connect to database
        $dbconnection = mysql_connect('......', '...', '.....');
        if ( ! $dbconnection )
        {
            output_problem_page();
            die();
        }
        // Try to select database
        $dbselection = mysql_select_db( 'polls.sql');
        if ( ! $dbselection )
        {
            output_problem_page();
            die();
        }
        return $dbconnection;
    }

    function output_problem_page()
    {
        output_header( 'Database Problem', 'stylesheet.css' );
        output_paragraph( 'We seem to be experiencing difficulties. Please call back at a later time' );
        output_footer( 'The PHP team' );
    }



?>
</body>
</html>
Edited by Nick Evan because: Fixed formatting
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is poll.sql a database or a file?
if you return a database it will not be printed as table, it will only connect to the database.
so nothing will ouputed with the page you posted above

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