Hallo Stephan!
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}else{
$connection = DBverbinden(); /* <= verbinden - dann erst abfragen ;-) */
...
$query = @mysql_query("SELECT user FROM users WHERE user = '".$_POST['username']."'");
$result = @mysql_fetch_array($query);
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und irgendwo am Schluss:
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close($connection);
mfg
norbert =:-)