Sql Problem

[stutego]

please friends i have been trying to fetch data from my database but my output is showing a blank page this are my codes

 

?php
$host_name = "localhost";
$user_name = "root";
$password = "";
$db_name = "addressbook";
mysql_connect("$host_name", "$user_name", "$password");
mysql_select_db("$db_name");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM bestway");
?>

 

 

its just showing a blank page i cant tell why

Edited November 30, 2012 by stutego

[MDCode]

mysql_query does not do anything but execute the query. If you wish to display anything I suggest look into mysql_fetch_assoc, mysql_result, mysql_fetch_array, and echo.