MySQL connect database fatal error

Question

when my PHP page connect to mysql database, i get the following error;

I have installed MySQL 5.7.11. My PHP version is 7.0.2 installed with XAMPP. I have separately installed MySQL with MySQL Workbench.

I tried numerous solution in stackoverflow also. None of them worked; I checked the following phpinfo page to confirm "Loaded Configuration File"

Your all help is appreciated. Thanks!!!!

UPDATE !!!

After your solution, it connects to database. But I get this new error;

Answer 1

mysql is not included in PHP 7+. You'll need to use the MySQLi or PDO_MYSQL api.

The php.net/mysql states:

This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0, and it was removed in PHP 7.0.0. Instead, the MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extension should be used.

You should also consider, if you haven't already, replacing MySQL v5.7 with MariaDB v10 (they use the same MySQLi/PDO_MySQL api).