I don't know where I went wrong but the query isn't taking place: <?php $con = mysql_connect("","root",""); if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } mysql_select_db("boti_book", $con); $sql = "SELECT content FROM boti_pages WHERE content LIKE 'Fritz'"; $result = mysql_query($sql); echo $sql; while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { echo $row['content']."<br />\n"; } mysql_close($con); ?> PHP: