diff --git a/functions/mysql.xml b/functions/mysql.xml
index 95476fccd9..b485d0d4c2 100644
--- a/functions/mysql.xml
+++ b/functions/mysql.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@
      <function>mysql_close</function> will not close persistent links
      generated by <function>mysql_pconnect</function>.
     </para>
+    <example>
+     <title>MySQL close example</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+&lt;?php
+    $link = mysql_connect ("kraemer", "marliesle", "secret") {
+        or die ("Could not connect");
+    }
+    print ("Connected successfully");
+    mysql_close ($link);
+?>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
     <para> 
      See also: <function>mysql_connect</function>, and
      <function>mysql_pconnect</function>.
@@ -186,6 +198,18 @@
      the script ends, unless it's closed earlier by explicitly calling
      <function>mysql_close</function>.
     </para>  
+    <example>
+     <title>MySQL connect example</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+&lt;?php
+    $link = mysql_connect ("kraemer", "marliesle", "secret") {
+        or die ("Could not connect");
+    } 
+    print ("Connected successfully");
+    mysql_close ($link);
+?>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
     <para> See also
      <function>mysql_pconnect</function>, and
      <function>mysql_close</function>.
@@ -214,6 +238,21 @@
      database on the server associated with the specified link
      identifier.
     </para>
+    <example>
+     <title>MySQL create database example</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+&lt;?php
+    $link = mysql_pconnect ("kron", "jutta", "geheim") {
+        or die ("Could not connect");
+    } 
+    if (mysql_create_db ("my_db")) {
+        print ("Database created successfully\n");
+    } else {
+        printf ("Error creating database: %s\n", mysql_error ());
+    }
+?>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
     <para> 
      See also: <function>mysql_drop_db</function>.  For downwards
      compatibility <function>mysql_createdb</function> can also be
@@ -246,6 +285,42 @@
     <para>
      <parameter>Row_number</parameter> starts at 0.
     </para>
+
+    <example>
+     <title>MySQL data seek example</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+&lt;?php
+    $link = mysql_pconnect ("kron", "jutta", "geheim") {
+        or die ("Could not connect");
+    }
+
+    mysql_select_db ("samp_db") {
+        or die ("Could not select database");
+    }
+
+    $query = "SELECT last_name, first_name FROM friends";
+    $result = mysql_query ($query) {
+        or die ("Query failed");
+    }
+
+    # fetch rows in reverse order
+
+    for ($i = mysql_num_rows ($result) - 1; $i >=0; $i--) {
+        if (!mysql_data_seek ($result, $i)) {
+            printf ("Cannot seek to row %d\n", $i);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if(!($row = mysql_fetch_object ($result)))
+            continue;
+
+        printf ("%s %s&lt;BR>\n", $row->last_name, $row->first_name);
+    }
+
+    mysql_free_result ($result);
+?>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>