Code is this:

<?php
$connection = @new mysqli('localhost', 'php24sql', 'hJQV8RTe5t');
if ($connection->connect_error) {
die('Connect Error: ' . $connection->connect_error);
} else {
echo 'Successful connection to MySQL';
}


Output on my computer is this:

connect_error) { die('Connect Error: ' . $connection->connect_error); } else { echo 'Successful connection to MySQL'; }

is something wrong with the (->) in the script?

Hi willyb,

It looks like your file isn't being interpreted as PHP by the web server. It is just coming down as plain text. Do a view source on your browser and you'll see the php tags.

This means that the browser is interpreting <?php and > as a tag, if a strangely-formed one, and so it does not show on the screen.

So make sure php is set up correctly for that site and the file extension is correct etc.

HTH
Phil

Greetings,

Unless you have a class called 'mysqli' with a property of 'connect_error' then the code you provided above is meaningless. Try removing the @ before the new and see what error you get.