MySQL connect

Hi all, Ok I am learning this on my own but I could use some help. I have started these two pages test.php and config.php here is the code: test.php <? // include the database configuration include "config.php"; // connect to database mysql_connect($db["host"],$db["user"],$db["password"],$db["database"]) or die ("sorry not successful"); // if no connect then exit exit; // if connect successful echo ("you have connected"); ?> config.php <? // database config $db["host"] = "localhost"; $db["user"] = "me"; $db["password"] = "mypassword"; $db["database"] = "mydb"; ?> All I'm trying to do is successfully connect to the database but it returns "sorry not successful". What have I done wrong? I have gone straight from the php pocket reference manual and it doesn't work. Would someone please explain what has happened? Thanks J Leonard