I notice you're logging into the database as root -- that's not really a good habit to get into. Set up a development account with normal privileges, or even one per project that you're working on.

You'll thank yourself later when you accidentally drop an important table and get told, "Silly goose, you can't do that!" because the privileges prevented you from doing that.

And I echo the earlier comments about templating -- a bit longer to set up, vastly easier to develop with, and terrific separation between logic and presentation.