Re: php mysql connection help..

[Jonathan Stephens]

The mysql extension isn't loaded. See the PHP documentation for info on how to load PHP extensions. If you plan to use ext/mysql instead of ext/mysqli with MySQL 4.1+, you also need to read the note on http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html and the pages that it links to.

BTW, the mysqli equivalent is

<?php
@$link = new mysqli('localhost', 'root', '12345');

if( mysqli_connect_errno() )
die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_connect_error());

echo 'Connected successfully';

$link->close();
?>

Jon Stephens
MySQL Documentation Team @ Oracle

MySQL Dev Zone
MySQL Server Documentation
Oracle