connect to the database php code example

Example 1: php sql connection

<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "myDB";

// Create connection
$conn= mysqli_connect($servername,$username,$password,$dbname);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
  die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
echo "Connected Successfully.";
?>

Example 2: using mysql database with php

<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "yourusername"; // For MYSQL the predifined username is root
$password = "yourpassword"; // For MYSQL the predifined password is " "(blank)

// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);

 
// Check connection

 if ($conn->connect_error) {

    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

echo "Connected successfully";

?>