mysql and php not working

I installed php4 and mysql on my linux box. I ran a simple "phpinfo()"-script, and it worked just fine. The phpinfo gives me the following info:
MySQL Support - enabled
Active Persistent Links - 0
Active Links - 0
Client API version - 3.23.10-alpha
mysql_include -
mysql_lflags -
mysql_libs -

Then I try using php to connect simply to my mySQL server which is working fine:

mysql_connect(127.0.0.1, root, sql);

However, I get the following error in my browser:
Parse error: parse error in /home/httpd/file.php on line 5

I assume that is because php doesn't have a clue what 'mysql_connect' means. I don't know how to 'teach' php that syntax or where to look it up. I'm suspecting it has something to do with the 3 empty:
mysql_include -
mysql_lflags -
mysql_libs -
lines in my phpinfo() result, which should probably point to some directory. Can anyone help me? I'd really appreciate it.

No, it means you did something wrong. You need quotes around the arguments to the function.

The fact that you got a PHP error means that PHP is working, have a look at your code

Paul

Your code should look like this = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password");

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Hartmann