mysql connect

[wernervantonder]

Hi there i am a newbie in php and allready i find it very intresting! you might see me around here often. so my first question is this:

My database does not connect when i use the line: mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
i have se my $username and $password vairiables and assure that it is correct. mysql is running alongside my apache server. i can view php pages via http://localhost/.

what did i do wrong when the error refrences to this line (....mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);......)
and tells me that there is a parsing error.?

Thanks in advance Werner

[Zane]

put the word localhost in double quotes

mysql_connect("localhost",$username,$password);

[Daniel0]

You need to put everything in either single-quotes or double-quotes. The only types where it's not necessary is integers and floating numbers. If it's a boolean then there may not be quotes around it.

[wildteen88]

Could you post the actuall error message here and the code you are using here too.

Also @Daniel0 you do not need to put quotes around variables, floats, booleans etc.