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I am trying to set up a LAMP server on lubuntu 14.04.5, I erased index.html and replaced it with :

/var/www/html/index.php

Problem is that everything before this <?php tag executes and this seems to crash it. I do not know why, is it because I MUST have index.html?

<?php
$dbhost = "localhost:3306";
$dbuser = "user1";
$dbpass = "pass1";
$connection = mysqli_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
if(!$connection){
die("connection error " . mysqli_error());
}
echo "connected successfully";
mysqli_close($connection);
?>

So in my php error log I get undefined function mysqli_connect(). How do I make this an available function?

When I do aptitude search php5-mysql an i shows up meaning that it is installed. And there are no other mysql modules except for mysqlnd which I don't think I need since its just native directory and mysqlnd-ms How do I resolve this?

edit: I think I need to add the mysqli extension but having trouble locating it.

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  • Is this right mysqli_erro(), should it not be mysqli_error()? Aug 23, 2017 at 22:40
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    Please post the entire file content and also print-screen of the result.
    – pa4080
    Aug 24, 2017 at 11:01
  • Sorry I fixed that mysqli_error(), just a typo Aug 25, 2017 at 20:45
  • @pa4080 entire file is just html stuff like head title body etc. And print-screen is just nothing nill, nada. In view page source all I see is all the code pre the <?php tag. also I have updated the question Aug 25, 2017 at 20:48
  • @DavidFoerster not completely a programming issue since I didn't have php5-mysql installed, but I understand if you think it is. Aug 29, 2017 at 18:34

3 Answers 3

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Your code has syntax errors right code to use:

<?php
    $dbhost = "localhost:3306";
    $dbuser = "user1";
    $dbpass = "pass1";
    $connection = mysqli_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
    if(!$connection){
        die("connection error " . mysqli_error());
    }
    echo "connected successfully";
    mysqli_close($connection);
?>

Errors:

  • mysqli_erro() ==> mysqli_error()
  • dbpass ==> $dbpass
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  • thanks for pointing that out, I hand wrote the code so those errors are only present here. Aug 23, 2017 at 23:04
  • This <?php tag executes and this seems to crash it isn't clear Aug 23, 2017 at 23:06
  • Sorry I mean to say, that my html <title> </title> appears and looking at view page source everything before the <?php tag appears. So I think the php is crashing some how. Aug 24, 2017 at 0:42
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    Check the error log. This defaults to /var/log/apache2/error.log If php crashes, it will usually note this in the log. Also, for local development, printing warnings and errors may make a lot of sense.
    – vidarlo
    Aug 24, 2017 at 19:09
  • Thank you, so it turns out that it does not know what mysqli_connect is Aug 24, 2017 at 20:30
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SO what I did was sudo apt-get install php5-mysql Then I was still getting the same webpage so I thought nothing happened, but after checking the /var/log/php5/error.log It turns out the error changed from "undefined command mysqli_connect()" to some code related error like "mysqli_error requires 1 parameter and "object of class mysqli could not be converted to string" and "unknown mysql server 'localhost:3306'". localhost:3306 got changed to just locahost. so after updating my code, everything works fine.

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Connecting MySQL Server</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <?php
         $dbhost = 'localhost';
         $dbuser = 'user1';
         $dbpass = 'pass1';
         $conn = mysqli_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
         if(! $conn ) {
            die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_connect_error());
         }
         echo 'Connected successfully';
         mysqli_close($conn);
      ?>
   </body>
</html>
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You say you did this...

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

And you never mention doing this, which is also required...

sudo service apache2 restart

Just because you install php5-mysql, doesn't mean Apache has loaded either PHP or the PHP MySQL module.

You can find out for sure what's occurring by creating a phpinfo.php file containing...

<?php
print_r (phpinfo());
?>

Then check + ensure both PHP is loaded + PHP mysql module is loaded.

When in doubt, always check your phpinfo.php file output as your first debugging step.

Many times having this simple output, quickly resolves complex problems.

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