How to connect to database by PhpMyAdmin 5.0

guestbook.php

[takiye]

After create database and upload phpmyadmin to my localhost, I create the file guestbook.php. But "Can't open database" when run
Who could help me?

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, takiye.

Are you certain you are connecting to the database? Usually in your connection script you can add something like

$connection = mysql_connect('servername', 'username', 'password') 
 or exit('Could not connect (' . mysql_errno() . '): ' . mysql_error());