note 55358 added to faq.misc

when I type this code <?php $conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password"); echo $conn; ?> it does not display the connection id in the browser, but when i go to the command prompt and access mysql using the same username and password it connects me, using MySQL v 4.0 PHP v 5.0 Apache 2.0 i have tried adding a port in the localhost but still no go ---- Submitter IP: 210.5.70.250 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.misc.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55358 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55358&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55358&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55358&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55358&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55358&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55358&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55358&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php