//1
$host = "localhost";
$user = "root";
$pass = "password";
$db = "test";
//2
$mysqlconnect = @mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);
if (!$mysqlconnect){die("<font color=\"red\">data base error!</font>");}
mysql_select_db($db,$mysqlconnect);
//3
$result = mysql_query("SELECT name, content FROM pages");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
print_r($row);