MySQL Connection problem

[Anon]

For my script I have my database information in a dbinfo.inc file. The code for this file looks like:

<?php
$host = "localhost";
$user = "username";
$password = "password";

?>

I include this file in my scripts useing include(/path/to/dbinfo.inc). When i try to connect to the db using this function:

mysql_connect($host, $user, $password)

I get an error saying connection failed. what am i doing worng?

[Anon]

echo your data right before the call to make sure it's correct.

[jc94062]

This is how I connect...

<?php
$db = mysql_pconnect("localhost", "username", "password");
mysql_select_db("dbname",$db);
?>

pconnect it better, it opens a persistent link to the host, speeds things up.

Hope it helps.