Connecting to mysql

[php_dapper]

I am trying to connect to mysql and am using the following function unsuccessfully:

<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "dave", "skater") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to MySQL<br />";
?>

I have placed the file that contains this function in my "htdocs" folder and invoke the function with http://localhost/mysqlconnect.php. I get the dreaded "Error 404 File not found" error message.

Everthing runs fine using any other php file.

Thanks

[lucasrd]

If you are getting a 404...your mysqlconnect.php file can't be found...I'd check your directories and for any typeos in your filenames....

[devinemke]

php_dapper wrote:

I have placed the file that contains this function in my "htdocs" folder and invoke the function with http://localhost/mysqlconnect.php. I get the dreaded "Error 404 File not found" error message.

huh? a 404 error has nothing to do with PHP/mySQL. you are asking the server for a file that does not exist. you say you placed your connection routine in a separate file, then simply [man]include[/man] that file in any PHP script that needs to connect to the database.