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I created a database with phpmyadmin called examples. I thought that this would be enough. Where is my spelling incorrect?

I created a MySQL database with phpmyadmin and want to connect to it using php. The database is called 'examples'. The php file to connect to it is called test2.php and the code is as follows: <?php $username = "testuser"; $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 $selected = mysql_select_db("examples",$dbhandle) or die("Could not select examples"); ?> I typed http://localhost/test2.php into my browser and the following messages where displayed: Connected to MySQL Could not select examples Could anyone tell me what is wrong?