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<h1 class="refname">mysqli_connect</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli_connect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Alias of <span class="methodname"><a href="mysqli.construct.html" class="methodname">mysqli::__construct()</a></span></span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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This function is an alias of: <span class="methodname"><a href="mysqli.construct.html" class="methodname">mysqli::__construct()</a></span>
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Although the <span class="methodname"><a href="mysqli.construct.html" class="methodname">mysqli::__construct()</a></span> documentation also includes
procedural examples that use the <span class="function"><strong>mysqli_connect()</strong></span> function, here
is a short example:
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysqli_connect()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"127.0.0.1"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_user"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my_db"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Error: Unable to connect to MySQL." </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">PHP_EOL</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Debugging errno: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #0000BB">PHP_EOL</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Debugging error: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #0000BB">PHP_EOL</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> exit;<br />}<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Success: A proper connection to MySQL was made! The my_db database is great." </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">PHP_EOL</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Host information: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_get_host_info</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #0000BB">PHP_EOL</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysqli_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above examples will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
Success: A proper connection to MySQL was made! The my_db database is great.
Host information: localhost via TCP/IP
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