How to convert a msql connection to mysqli

Question

Can someone please just help tell me how to make this connection work on xampp. I just want an answer please and i will definitely find out later why it works. for now its just to get through the connection. I am having error Call to undefined function mysql_connect.

Can someone just please correct it all for me my code is.

 class Installer{
function ExtractSql($host,$user,$pass,$db,$data){
    $conn = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);
    if(!$conn){
        return 'Error connecting to mysql!';
    }else{
        $database = mysql_select_db($db);
        if(!$database){
            return 'Error connecting to database!';
        }else{
            $query = null;
            foreach($data as $sql_line){
              if(trim($sql_line) != "" && strpos($sql_line, "--") === false){
                $query .= $sql_line;
                if (substr(rtrim($query), -1) == ';'){
                  $result = mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());
                  $query = null;
                }
              }
            }
              file_put ba bla bla

           }
         }
      }

I can get pass line 4 by inserting a mysqli connection

but I got hooked on line 17 which is.

     $result = mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());

I have done a bit of research correcting each lines and a different error always occurs, sosme saying, this line should have atleast 2paramater, only one given in ...

I will appreciate if i dont have to spend time to research on it now(but I will later). I just want to pass through it now.. Cheers.

Answer 1

All mysqli methods require the connection as parameter. For example, for mysqli_query you need to use:

mysqli_query($conn, $query);

Alternatively, you can create a MySQLi object and use that:

$conn = new mysqli($host,$user,$pass);
$result = $conn->query($query);

Even better, forget about MySQLi and convert to PDO instead.

Also, the answer to this question was just one manual lookup away, try to put in some effort yourself next time!