Question

I feel like a total n00b for not understanding what I’m doing wrong, but here goes.

I’m writing a simple web form that’s storing information in a MySQL database. I’m getting this error:

mysqli_stmt_init() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /myfile.php 

Here’s my code:

$server = 'localhost'; $username = 'myusername'; $password = 'mypassword'; $db = 'mydb'; $link = mysqli_connect($server, $username, $password, $db); . . .  $stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($link); /*This line throws the error*/ 

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Are you 100% sure you are successfully connecting to the database?

Add at the top of your script:

error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', 1); 

Also add right below your connection line:

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {     printf('Connect failed: %s', mysqli_connect_error());     exit; }