plet9090 on "Connecting MySQL with php code in Wordpress"

this code:

<?php
require("phpsqlinfo_dbinfo.php");

// Gets data from URL parameters
$name = $_GET['name'];
$address = $_GET['address'];
$lat = $_GET['lat'];
$lng = $_GET['lng'];
$type = $_GET['type'];

// Opens a connection to a MySQL server
$connection=mysql_connect ("localhost", $username, $password);
if (!$connection) {
die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}

// Set the active MySQL database
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($database, $connection);
if (!$db_selected) {
die ('Can\'t use db : ' . mysql_error());
}

// Insert new row with user data
$query = sprintf("INSERT INTO markers " .
" (id, name, address, lat, lng, type ) " .
" VALUES (NULL, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s');",
mysql_real_escape_string($name),
mysql_real_escape_string($address),
mysql_real_escape_string($lat),
mysql_real_escape_string($lng),
mysql_real_escape_string($type));

$result = mysql_query($query);

if (!$result) {
die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
}

?>