How to connect to a mysql database using php?
Connecting to a MySQL database is a common task when developing PHP applications. The MySQLi or PDO extension can be used for this purpose.
$server = 'localhost';
$username = 'username';
$password = 'password';
$database = 'database';
$conn = new mysqli($server, $username, $password, $database);
Ensure that you handle connection errors and close the connection after using it. For instance:
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die('Connection failed: ' . $conn->connect_error);
}
$conn->close();