Re: index/redirect problem on localhost/mysql

[Peter Brawley]

How are you trying to execute php scripts?

What does phpinfo() say about mysqli availability?

Once phpinfo() confirms your execution methods works for the mysqli api, test one step at a time, ie ...

When developing, always turn on error reporting

<?php
$debug=1;
error_reporting( E_ALL );
ini_set( "display_errors", $debug );

phpinfo();

$servername = "localhost";
$username = "zzzz";
$password = "zzzz";
$dbname = "zzzzz";

$conn = new mysqli( $servername, $username, $password,$dbname );
if( $conn->connect_error ) exit( "Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
else exit( "Connected" );
?>