title: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() error, even when PHP is installed
body: <p>I am trying to connect to my local mysql server via php. so my code looks as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "password");
  mysql_select_db("database", $con) or die('ERROR 4');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>ok, we've all seen that before.</p>
  
  <p>So when I run this PHP script on the machine with the mysql database, everything runs fine.
  But once I access this script remotely (on the server, with the local mysql database) it cannot connect to the database.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to make it so the PHP code connects to the mysql database via a local reference? 
  Or do I need to look into connecting to the mysql database through an IP address?</p>
  
  <p><strong>edit:</strong> 
  To clarify, when I access the script on the server from somewhere else, it doesn't work</p>
  
  <p><strong>edit 2:</strong> When I check the error log it states "Call to undefined function mysql_connect()"</p>