Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$db_name' (T_VARIABLE)

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I feel like I am beating a dead horse. I have tried many of the suggestion here including ; and "" and ; etc. and I keep getting the same error. Could someone give me a hand please? TIA This is my code:

// Connect to the database
$cn = mysqli_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die("Cannot connect to DB");
mysqli_select_db($conn $db_name) or die("Error accessing DB");

this is my result:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$db_name' (T_VARIABLE) in G:\Apache24\htdocs\poster\config.inc.php on line 314

mysqli_select_db($conn $db_name) - comma missing between $conn and $db_name — Muhammed Imran Hussain, Mar 22 '17 at 04:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 04:53

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I think you lack comma:

mysqli_select_db($conn,$db_name) or die("Error accessing DB");

answered Mar 22 '17 at 04:53

Carl Binalla

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Although I'm not sure, I'm not a user of `mysqli` – Carl Binalla Mar 22 '17 at 04:54
I was using "mysql" and the first 'page' of errors I got told me to switch the wording to "mysqli" once I did that I only got the one error which I'm trying to handle now. Thank you – redneck charly Mar 22 '17 at 05:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 05:13

PHP mysqli_connect() Function

<?php
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

    // Check connection
    if (mysqli_connect_errno())
      {
      echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
      }
    ?>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$db_name' (T_VARIABLE)

2 Answers2

PHP mysqli_connect() Function