$username="joseph_tj105";
$password="pass123";
$database="joseph_dannyhook";
mysql_connect("localhost",$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="SELECT * FROM latestnews ORDER BY id DESC";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();
?>