Hi, i wrote a simple testing page. it should test if it can connect to MySQL db. however, i have an error message as followed : *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in *F:\Mes documents\Development\Website\Immense\checklogin.php* on line *23 *on line 23, i have the following thing : mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password") or die("cannot connect"); where is the problem ? thansk a lot, Alain