mysqli_connect()
function is used to connect with MySQL database. It returns resource if connection is established or null.Example :
<?php $dbhost = 'localhost'; // database server ip address $dbuser = 'username'; // database username $dbpass = 'password'; // database password // Create connection $conn = new mysqli($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass); if ($conn->connect_error) { die('Unable to connect to MySQL database: ' . $conn->connect_error); } echo 'Connected to MySQL database Successfully'; mysqli_close($conn); // Closing connection /* Output : Connected to MySQL database successfully */ ?>
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