PHP can't connect to MySQL

[Andrew Madonna]

I've been trying to connect to MySQL throught PHP but it doesn't work. When a bring up the page everything from the begining <?php and down doesn't show.

<?php
ini_set ('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

if ($db = mysql_connect ('localhost', 'mysql', 'password'))
{
print '<p>Connected to MySQL</p>';
mysql_close();
} else {
print '<p>Couldn't connect to MySQL</p>';
}
?>