# Pop up problem, help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-up-problem-help/289020>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 25, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-up-problem-help/289020 "2009-05-25T09:10:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![kamikaze5141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kamikaze5141](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kamikaze5141)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pop-up-problem-help/289020/1 "2009-05-25T09:10:32Z")

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can i make the error message to pop up (“cannot connect”) and (“cannot select DB”), thx ^^

```php
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB.");

```