[RESOLVED] php to MSSQL connection

[downat420]

I am trying to connect to a godaddy hosted MSSQL database with php. here is my connection string with generic information:

<?php
$myServer = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";  
$myUser = "username";
$myPass = "password";
$myDB = "dbname"; 

//connection to the database
$dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass)
	or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer");

what am I doing wrong? it fails at

mssql_connection



thanks everyone.