Re: $db=new mysqli fails while $db=mysqli_connect succeeds in PHP/MySQL 5

Reposting the code sorry: <?php $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world"); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } printf("Host information: %s\n", $mysqli->host_info); /* close connection */ $mysqli->close(); ?>

Linux NG/Lists wrote:

Goltsios Theodore wrote:

Well if you are in the unix case then you should check if your php supports mysqli :-) . In either case unix or not you could use phpinfo: <?php phpinfo(); ?>

Oh, sorry, I thought I posted this before. Looks like I didn't. I'm pretty sure it supports mysqli: './configure' '--prefix=/usr/local/php5' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc/php5/cgi' '--with-xml' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--with-curl' '--with-dom' '--with-dom-xslt' '--with-dom-exslt' '--enable-exif' '--with-swf=/usr/local/flash' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gd' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6' '--with-gettext' '--with-imap=/usr/local/imap-2004g' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbstr-enc-trans' '--enable-mbregex' '--with-mcrypt' '--with-mhash' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--with-mysqli' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--enable-discard-path' '--with-pear' '--with-pspell' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-track-vars' '--with-ttf' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--with-zip' '--with-zlib' The 'mysqli_connect(...' call works, just not 'new mysqli(...' If mysqli wasn't supported, then both would fail, right? Whil

This will show a lot useful information about what your web server and your php can or cannot do. Linux NG/Lists wrote:

The book I'm working with (PHP & MySQL Web Dev, Welling/Thompson) specifically defines the 'new mysqli' syntax. So I'm guessing I don't have something configured right?

If one works the other should too. Your code here looks fine according to the manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysqli-connect.php) - can you send us exactly what you have?

OK, here's what I've got, cut and pasted directly out of the script: ******************************************** <body> <?php echo('Today is... ' . date('l, F dS Y. ').'<br>' ); ?> <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors','On'); ?> <?php $db=new mysqli("localhost","whil","secret","test"); echo '$db is:'.$db.':'; $conn = mysqli_connect("localhost","whil","secret","test"); echo '$conn is:'.$conn.':'; ?> </body> ******************************************** 1. If I comment out the $db and echo $db lines, the next two lines, $conn and echo $conn generate the following: Today is... Monday, August 27th 2007. $conn is:Object id #1: 2. If I remove the $db and echo $db comments, I get the following: Today is... Monday, August 27th 2007. Fatal error: Call to undefined function new mysqli() in index_listtest.php on line 17 I'm soooooooooo puzzled. :) Whil