Can anyone help
have just started to learn php and mySQL so am totally new to it all together and am trying to connect to the server with no luck keep getting this error "Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\phpTestsite\index.php on line 6
" cant figure out what i'm doing wrong .
here is the code im using.
$hostname = "";
$username = "root";
$password = "secret";
$connection = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password);
if (!$connection) {
die("A connection to the server could not be established");
} else {
echo "User $username is logged onto the MySQL server, $hostname, successfully";
}
mysql_close($connection);

any help appreciated


ps using win xp pro and testing on iis 5 .other php pages work fine but its when i try to connect to the something i get the error.:(

try
$hostname = "localhost";

i think you are using PHP5
in PHP5 mysql support is not installed by default.

you have to install it.

go through www.php.net to know how to activate mysql in PHP5 or you can use PHP 4.3.8



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thanks for that ! very confusing i though i did not install my sql properly but am able to create databases etc. so it can't be that .
i give it a try thanks for the tip;)