mysql_connect() does not work

[Guest_imported]

I have Apache and MySQL running on this machine. I can create and view PHP pages correctly. I can also use MySQL with no problems. But when I tried to connect to MySQL by using the mysql_connect() function I recieved this error:

Parse error: parse error in /var/

http://www/html/dbconnect.php

on line 3

my code looks like this:

<?php
// Connecting, selecting a database
$link = mysql_connect(&quot;localhost&quot;,&quot;user&quot;,&quot;password&quot or die($php_errormsg|;
print &quot;connected successfully&quot;;
mysql_select_db(&quot;itcsrdb&quot or die(&quot;could not select database&quot;

// Closing connection
mysql_close($link);
?>

the username and password are correct. I then went to look at my phpinfo.php page that I was told to create when I installed PHP on Apache and in the Configuration Command I found this '--without-mysql'. I then proceeded to go to the php.ini file and could not figure out where to set mysql to 'with' i saw that the mysql.so was commented out (;mysql.so). I uncommented it and still no dice. Can someone please help. Thank You

 

[DumTech]

The parse error looks like it's coming from the end of your 'or die()' statement. Unless that's just at typo, you have a pipe-semicolon ending the line instead of a parenthesis-semicolon. ($php_errormsg|; vs ($php_errormsg);

You may be looking at recompiling PHP. If you have the source, use './configure --with-mysql' (and whatever other options...) before you do make; and make install;

Not sure on the recompile, as I've only done it once. When I installed PHP from an RPM, MySQL was enabled by default. Matt
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