Problems with MySQL Connection Code

[Jedric]

When I put the following code into my mysql_connect.php file I created, it is not generating any output but I am pretty sure that it is not connecting to the database properly either. Do any of you see any problems with this code? Any way to test if it was successful or not?

<?php
DEFINE ('DB_USER', 'myuser'); // Database username.
DEFINE ('DB_PASSWORD', 'mypassword'); // Database password.
DEFINE ('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // Database hostname.
DEFINE ('DB_NAME', 'mydbname'); // Database name.

$dbc = @mysql_connect (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) OR die ('Could not connect to MySQL: ' . mysql_error());
@mysql_select_db (DB_NAME) OR die('Could not select the database: ' . mysql_error());
?>

[cranial-bore]

try removing all the error suppressors (@) to see what error messages you're getting. (Might need to turn display errors on in php.ini)

There is nothing in the code above that should produce any output if the connection was successful. You'll need to execute a query to do that.

[Jedric]

Actually I tried removing those and I didn't see anything. Something must be wrong with the other part of my script.
Is anyone willing to help me go through my code to see what the problem is? I am sure it must be something simple, but I cannot figure it out for the life of me.

[Jedric]

It wasn't working because of the escape_data(); function that I added. I will have to figure out another way to escape it.

[cranial-bore]

Is anyone willing to help me go through my code to see what the problem is?

It wasn't working because of the escape_data(); function that I added. I will have to figure out another way to escape it.

The problem wasn't in any of the code you posted, so there's not a lot anyone could have done for you.

[Jedric]

The problem wasn't in any of the code you posted, so there's not a lot anyone could have done for you.

Yes, I realize that. That is why I posted up that I found the reason it was messed up. Originally I thought it was the database connection code, but it was just that one function I tried to add.