unable to connect to MYSQL via PHP

[nmakkena]

My system is a stand alone system, I want to connect to MYSQL using PHP, I am giving hostname as localhost, and the needed username and passoword. In the browser i am getting Internal server error 500.

Any sort of help much appreciated,
Thank you

[ahmksssv]

My system is a stand alone system, I want to connect to MYSQL using PHP, I am giving hostname as localhost, and the needed username and passoword. In the browser i am getting Internal server error 500.

Any sort of help much appreciated,
Thank you

hi..
check the database name is there or not?
Can u send ur code...

[nmakkena]

This is my code:
<?php
$username = "aaa";
$password = "aaa";
$hostname = "localhost";
$dbh=mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
or
die("unable to connect to the datatabase");
print "connected to MYSQL<br>";
mysql_close($dbh);
?>
/*I am not giving any database name, initially i just want to connect to MySql database*/

Thank you

[nav33n]

Try or die(mysql_error()); instead of your custom message. This will let you know what exactly is the error.