Older versions of PHP used the MySQL extension, which was deprecated in 2012. MySQLi and PDO offer more security and flexibility. If your application might need to switch databases in the future, use ...

An introduction to using PHP with MySQL. Contribute to codeadamca/php-sql-mysql development by creating an account on GitHub.

Please: Check that MySQL is running on address localhost. Check that MySQL is reachable on port 3306 (note: 3306 is the default, but this can be changed). Check the user root has rights to connect to ...