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Asked: 2026-05-21T17:03:03+00:00

I tried running the following code: (http://localhost/read.php) <html> <body> <?php $link = mysql_connect(‘localhost’, ‘root’,

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I tried running the following code: (http://localhost/read.php)

<html>
<body>

<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', 'password');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';

if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE testphp",$link))
  {
  echo "Database created";
  }
else
  {
  echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();
  }
?>

</body>
</html>

and got the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in                                    
C:\Program Files (x86)\ApacheSoftware Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\read.php 
on line 5
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  1. Editorial Team

    Look at you phpinfo(). Most likely mysql extensions is not there.

    And while you are at it, you could just drop the ancient mysql_* way ow doing thing and learn how to use PDO and prepared statements. It’s an abstraction API for database connection and interaction.

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