PHP - PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'mysqli_connect' (T_STRING)

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I have been trying for the past couple days to establish a connection to a MySQL db. I keep getting this error : PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'mysqli_connect' (T_STRING). This is all of the code in the script currently. I can't find the reason for the error.

$host = "localhost";
$user = "username";
$pass = "pass";
$db = "database";

$c =  mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass, $db);

So, the issue was with an invisible Unicode character. I had copy pasted some of the code from another site. Resolved by re-entering manually. Thanks to the person who mentioned this, it looks like their answer was removed. I would have never figured this out. Thanks

i dont see how you can get that error, from this code, are you sure its the right code? — , Oct 10 '17 at 21:53
I would bet one of those variable stings actually has a character that needs escaping — , Oct 10 '17 at 21:59

score -3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '17 at 22:09

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Below should help :)

$mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, $db);
$connection = ($GLOBALS["___mysqli_ston"] = mysqli_connect($host,  $user,  $pass));
((bool)mysqli_query($GLOBALS["___mysqli_ston"], "USE " . $db)) or die('offline');

answered Oct 10 '17 at 22:09

Liam Denston

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help how? do you even understand the error? – Oct 10 '17 at 22:16
Use the code I gave in replacement of what you had, the issue is mysqli_connect is a function in PhP. You are treating it as a variable. – Liam Denston Oct 10 '17 at 22:18
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the issue is noting to do with mysql at all. – Oct 10 '17 at 22:21

score -4 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 11 '17 at 03:25

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING

usually means you have a bad string somewhere on that line.

edited Oct 11 '17 at 03:25

oz123

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answered Oct 10 '17 at 22:00

AbhiG

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CAn reproduce, if I remove the "=" :) $c mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass, $db); – AbhiG Oct 10 '17 at 22:02

PHP - PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'mysqli_connect' (T_STRING)

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