Help in learning PHP and MySQL

I apologize if this is a very basic question. I just started learing PHP and MySQL, I am reading "PHP and MySQL" by Larry Ullman, I also have access to PHP 5 by Julie Meloni. I reached Chapter 6 of Ullman's book and got stuck. I have the following code: <?php //This file contains the database access information. This file also establishes a connection //to MYSQL and selects the database. //Set the database access information as constants define ('DB_USER', 'masud'); define ('DB_PASSWORD', 'masud'); define ('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define ('DB_NAME', 'masud'); //Make the connection and then select the database $dbc = mysql_connect (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD); mysql_select_db(DB_NAME); ?> I have a normal MySQL user as "masud", whose password is also "masud" and a database also called "masud". All this for learning purpose. I get the following error message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\CTA\mysql_connect.php on line 13 The books says: If you receive an error that claims mysql_connect() is an undefined function, it means that PHP has not been compiled with MySQL support. I have been running a test script with <? phpinfo(); ?> and I get the results successfully. I am running Windows XP with Apache 2 server and PHP5 5.0.3 I would appreciate if you could help me in any way, including pointing me to resources that can help get going. Thank you, Masud --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.