Problem with database connection on php

[Andrew James]

I'm having some problem with database name not connecting. Even though the username,password and hostname works but I don't understand of why the database name is not connected and I even grant the user to all privileges. I've tried several times and nothing works on database name.


<?php
$username = "andrew";
$password = "password";
$hostname = "localhost";

//connection to the database
$dbhandle = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");
echo "Connected to MySQL<br>";

//select a database to work with
$selected = mysql_select_db("jamesfamilydirectory",$dbhandle)
or die("Could not select examples");

I'm currently using PHP version: 5.6.23 and mysql verison is 5.7.13


?>