Connecting to mysql using php

Question

Here is my following tutorial code from \"Learning PHP MYSQL and Javascript\" by OReilly.

Answer 1

Stop using mysql_connect()!

You should not use this or other related functions related to this extension.

It's depreciated and removed in PHP 7.0.0 and beyond. An alternative is using PDO or MySQLi. Below is an example script for connecting to MySQL using PDO:

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