Hey! I get HTTP error 500 everytime I try to use mysqli_connect in my php file.
This is my code and link to the file I am having trouble with: http://138.68.86.134/getInfo.php
<?php
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION["access"])) {
echo "null";
} else if (isset($_SESSION["access"])) {
// Here I am trying to use mysqli_connect
$db = mysqli_connect("138.68.86.134", "root", "mypassword", "database")
echo "Confirmed";
} else {
echo "Something went wrong...";
}
?>
This is my Info.php file: http://138.68.86.134/info.php
I’ve followed every step for Debain LAMP tutorial here on DigitalOcean still this doesn’t work. I am very frustrated and I would highly appreciate any answer! Much love <3
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Accepted Answer
Try this quick solution and if it works I will explain it to you.
Replace 138.68.86.134 with 127.0.0.1 and try again.
Before we get to troubleshooting, I would highly recommend and encourage you to use a created user instead of root. Should someone find a way in to your application, root access grants them the ability to remove everything (including other databases). You should never run as root :-).
…
That said, you’re missing a ; at the end of the function call for mysqli_connect().
i.e. This line:
$db = mysqli_connect("138.68.86.134", "root", "mypassword", "database")
Should be:
$db = mysqli_connect("138.68.86.134", "root", "mypassword", "database");
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