According to php tutorial, once you have created a database, there are a few ways you can connect to it. To connect from a PHP script, just put this in your file: <?
mysql_connect("DBSERVER", "DBUSERNAME", "DBPASSWORD");
mysql_select_db("DBNAME");
?> using the following substitutions for the bold terms as above, plus substituting DBPASSWORD with your own mysql password: * Replace DBSERVER with the correct database servername for your site. * Replace DBUSERNAME with your own mysql username. * Replace DBNAME with your own mysql databasename. The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection before, use the mysql_close() function: <?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
// some code
mysql_close($con);
?>