<?php
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbuser = "database username here";
$dbpass = "database password here";
$db = "database name here";
$user = htmlentities($_GET['user']);
mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($db ) or die(mysql_error());
$select = mysql_query("SELECT about_me where username='$user'" ) or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($select) != 1)
{
mysql_close();
die("Username $user does not exist" );
}
$row = mysql_fetch_row($select);
$about_me = htmlentities(stripslashes($row[0]));
echo "About $user:<br>\n$about_me";
?>