Question

I kept on receiving this error

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\Config.php on line 80

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\Config.php on line 166

Fatal error: Class 'mysqli_connect' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\bb2\includes\classes\connection.php on line 3

I have no idea why, here’s my code

this is config.php

<?php
    define("DB_HOST","localhost");
    define("DB_USER","root");
    define("DB_NAME","beatbeast");
    define("DB_PASSWORD","123192");
?>

and this is my connection.php

<?php 
    require_once('config.php');
    $mysqli = new mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);

Answer 1

You shouldn’t be using new with mysqli_connect – the procedural versions of the mysqli_ calls don’t use object syntax.

If you want to use new, use new mysqli().

As for the deprecation warnings, see this question.