Hallo HartleySan,
thank you for your speedy reply.
I looked at the php change log and I see no reason why mysqli_connect should not work, yet it does not.
I am positive it is not mispelled as the same file worked fine before upgrading the php (and it works still when I revert back to 4.7.3)
in case here is my code:
DEFINE ('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
... (I define all the other variables)...
$dbc = mysqli_connect (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
end the message is
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in C:\xampp\htdocs\ex1\ecommerce1\includes\mysql.inc.php on line 13
Any idea?
The only thing I noticed is that when I call phpinfo with version 4.7.3 I had a table titled mysqli and one titled mysqlnd that cited in the row API extension mysqli, whereas in the phpinfo for verion 5.5.11 the table mysqli is not there and in the table mysqlnd at the row API extenion it now says 'No Value', but I am at a loss to know what this all means
Should I maybe intall some additional library?
thanks again
k