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Connect to a MySQL database

<?php /** * Edit the database settings to your own. * To use, just include the function and * call it using <?php db_connect(); ?> * * You can then do your database queries */// Edit your database settings$db_host = "localhost";$db_user = "username";$db_pass = "password"; $db_name = "databasename";function db_connect() { global $db_host; global $db_user; global $db_pass; global $db_name; $connection = mysql_connect($db_host,$db_user,$db_pass); if (!(mysql_select_db($db_name,$connection))) { echo "Could not connect to the database"; } return $connection;} ?>