can't get info from mysql

[mr e]

ok i have a completely different page, nothing to do with vb, but here's what i have so far...

PHP Code:

$DB = mysql_connect( "localhost", $DBUSER, $DBPASS ) or die("Could not connect to $DBNAME");

mysql_select_db( $DBNAME, $DB ) or die("Could not find database");

function view() {
        $getshouts = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM shouts");
        while(list($shouts) = mysql_fetch_array($getshouts, $DB)) {
        echo $shouts[name];

        }
... 


and yes i DO have more in the view() funcion but i only listed what was neccessary, basically i can't get it to echo anything out, im only using the echo as a test to see if i can actually use the variables, i have tried quite a variety of ways but still can't figure out whats up...hope you can help