i have installed mysql phpadmin, and my connection is also running, i have tested this already with an If else statement. the problem is, i cant see the echo on my program.
$connection = mysql_connect('localhost', "root","") or die ("couldnt connect to server");
mysql_select_db("shelldb",$connection) or die ("couldnt connect to database");
echo "<body style='font-family: verdana, sans-serif;'>
<div style='width: 80%; padding:10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color:#000;>
<h1>Login</h1>
</div>
</body>";
I don't think you have echo problem, May be the problem in any other place. But you need not to echo the whole branch of HTML. Just check out the syntax.
<?php
$connection = mysql_connect('localhost', "root","") or die ("couldnt connect to server");
mysql_select_db("shelldb",$connection) or die ("couldnt connect to database");
?>
<body style='font-family: verdana, sans-serif;'>
<div style='width: 80%; padding:10px; border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; background-color: #fff; color:#000;>
<h1>Login</h1>
</div>
</body>