HTTP500 error when connecting mysql and php with apache

[srinivasMP51]

[php]<?php
$host = “localhost”; //Host where this database is running.
$user_name = “root”; //Your MySQL Server’s user name
$password = “yyyyyyy”; //Your MySQL Server’s Password
$db_name = “xxxxx”; //Your MySQL Server’s Database.

//Now connect
mysql_connect($ host, $user_name, $password) or die(mysql_error ());

//Now you are connected to MySQL, so choose the databse you want to use
mysql_select_db ($db_name) or die(mysql_error ());
echo “Database: $db_name selected successfully”;
?>[/php]it is not working
page showing HTTP500 internal server error
plz help some one

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