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This is my first time using PHP to read/write to a MySQL database and I'm stuck on step one. I am following the w3schools guide and created a php file named "welcome.php" which I can view by navigating to localhost/dbpopulate/welcome.php.
The HTML / PHP for this is:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "user";
$password = "default";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=user", $username, $password);
// set the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo "Connected successfully";
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
</body>
</html>
I can access this 'user' database using the 'default' password without issue from inside and outside of my network on a multitude of devices. When I attempt to access the page, I receive this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$conn' (T_VARIABLE) in C:\wamp64\www\DBPopulate\welcome.php on line 11
Line 11 is:
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=user", $username, $password);
Thanks!
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