MySQL Database Connection using php | Learning Curve- Perfect Tutorial for the beginers

php uses mysql_connect function to open the database this function will return true or false

Syntax
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mysql_connect(server,user,passwd);

Server–its actualy hostname running database server

this value as localhost or localhost:3306

user-username for accessing the dtabase
passwd-password of the database

Examples

<?php
$databasehost = 'localhost';
$databasebuser = 'root';
$databasebpass = '';
$connection = mysql_connect($databasebhost, $databasebuser, $databasebpass);
if(! $connection )
{
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_close($connection);
?>

<?php

$databasehost = 'localhost';

$databasebuser = 'root';

$databasebpass = '';

$connection = mysql_connect($databasebhost, $databasebuser, $databasebpass);

if(! $connection )

{

die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

}

echo 'Connected successfully';

mysql_close($connection);