php/mysql communication problem

[tzan2833]

Dear all

I have the following problem. I am trying to communicate with mysql through php but unsuccesfully. In the following script when i misspell the password it gives me the error message. but while it does not create the database it does not return any message. It seems that for some reason there is a communication problem between mysql and php. Some php function as mysql_create_db does not work. But why mysql_connect works?

<?php
$connect = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "mysqlpass") or die ("Hey loser, check your server connection.");
mysql_create_db("mytest") or die(mysql_error());
?>

Many thanks
Cheers

[Puckdropper]

Do you have create privalege on the database?

[tzan2833]

Hi,

i am using the root user. do i need to give privileges?

cheers

[BlazingWolf]

Does the database already exsist?