The difference was the '{' and '}' tags. You need them to declare different sections of code, i.e. before and after the 'else' since you are declaring a different scenario. As far as I know, these are needed in any situation.
Here's some working code off W3Schools you can refer to:
PHP Code:
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "peter", "abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
$db_selected = mysql_select_db("test_db", $con);
if (!$db_selected)
{
die ("Can\'t use test_db : " . mysql_error());
}
mysql_close($con);
?>
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