diff --git a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-array.xml b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-array.xml
index 98c89e9358..718736b02c 100644
--- a/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-array.xml
+++ b/reference/mysql/functions/mysql-fetch-array.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mysql.xml, last change in rev 1.27 -->
   <refentry id="function.mysql-fetch-array">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ select table1.field as foo table2.field as bar from table1, table2
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
+    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
+        die("could not connect");
+    mysql_select_db("mydb");
 
     $result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");
 
@@ -85,7 +87,9 @@ select table1.field as foo table2.field as bar from table1, table2
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
+    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
+        die("could not connect");
+    mysql_select_db("mydb");
 
     $result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");
 
@@ -102,7 +106,9 @@ select table1.field as foo table2.field as bar from table1, table2
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password");
+    mysql_connect("localhost", "mysql_user", "mysql_password") or
+        die("could not connect");
+    mysql_select_db("mydb");
 
     $result = mysql_query("SELECT id, name FROM mytable");