php and mySQL help!

[Anon]

$host = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";

// #1
$DBLink = mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password") or die("Could not connect to server...");

// #2
$DBLink = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '') or die("Could not connect to server...");

This is my conundrum, riddle if you will "how come #2 works when #1 dont?"

I know i shouldn't be using root to log on but keep in mind this is just an example.

[tasistro]

How bout changing // #1
to..
$DBLink = mysql_connect($host, $username, $password) or die("Could not connect to server...");

Saludos
Gerardo

[Anon]

or...

$DBLink = mysql_connect('$host', '$username', '$password') or die("Could not connect to server...");

[Anon]

that one won't work craig - PHP only interprets variable names in double quotes ("). in single quotes, it is interpreted as a string literal.

[Anon]

nope, that one did'nt work either...

🙁