Database connection with my sql

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i m getting an error like this

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in ..........\leftpanel.PHP on line 3


i m using mysql-version-5.0.45-win32 and php version is PHP Version 5.2.6
and sql yog version is 4.01

here is the code snippt

<?
$dbh=mysql_connect ('localhost','root','root');
mysql_select_db ("class");

$result=mysql_query("select * from `class`.`maincategory` order by 

maincatname");
$EOF=mysql_num_rows($result);

if($EOF > 0)
{
?>