Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect()

Question

I am trying to do a simple connection with XAMPP and MySQL server, but whenever I try to enter data or connect to the database, I get this error.

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Answer 1

You can use mysqli_connect($mysql_hostname , $mysql_username) instead of mysql_connect($mysql_hostname , $mysql_username).

mysql_* functions were removed as of PHP 7. You now have two alternatives: MySQLi and PDO.