Displaying Data from MySql Database Table in PHP

Selecting and Displaying Data from MySql database table in php:

<?php

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");

if (!$con)

  {

  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

  }

mysql_select_db("db_name", $con);

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

  {

  echo $row['FirstName'] . " " . $row['LastName'];

  echo "<br />";

  }

mysql_close($con);

?>