Exercise_PHP MySQL Connection

PHP MySQL Connect to a Database

Before we can access data in a database, we need to create a connection to the database.
In PHP, this is done with the mysql_connect() function.
Syntax
mysql_connect(servername,username,password);
Example:
In the following example we store the connection in a variable ($con) for later use in the script. The "die" part will be executed if the connection fails:

Closing a Connection

The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection before, use the mysql_close() function: