how to connect php to mysql i installed the mysql in admin and doing it in student

[ajeeshc]

the code that i tried

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("telious", ***, ***);
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }
 
if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con))
  {
  echo "Database created";
  }
else
  {
  echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();
  }
 
mysql_close($con);
?>

the error reported is

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host 'telious' (11001) in C:\xampp\htdocs\xampp\log\create.php on line 2
Could not connect: Unknown MySQL server host 'telious' (11001)

[Dormilich]

usually the server host is “localhost” or a valid domain name.