Display mySQL query with PHP on a webpage

[bigitup]

Hi,

I have created a database on a website using phpmyadmin and I would like to display the result of a mySQL query on a webpage using PHP.

I used the following code and nothing appears on my webpage:

<?php
// mySQL database connection

$con = mysql_connect("db_server", "username", "password");
if (!$con) 
{
die ('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

mysql_select_db("db_name", $con);

$query = 'SELECT * FROM person';

$result = mysql_query($query);

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result));
{
echo $row['name'];
echo $row['surname'];
echo $row['country'];
}
?>

Can anyone help me fix this, please ?

[Luuk]

Change "db_server" to "localhost" on line 4?

and change "db_name" to that databasename you created in phpmyadmin (line 10)

[bigitup]

Well, I put db_name and username in the post because the host of the database is not localhost on the server where my site is hosted and for privacy . I found the solution though. I have to upgrade my account, my database is not remotely accessible

[Luuk]

hmm, is it not 'local' to where your PHP script is running?

If the script is running at 'example.com', and your database is also at 'example.com', than you should put 'localhost' in the servername...