Mysql_Connect.php Now Getting Errors With Php 5.6

[bobafifi 1]

Hi Larry!

Recently my hosting company started running PHP 5.6 and now I'm getting the following error for Script 13.7

 

User Registration
An error occurred in script '/home/example/public_html/includes/mysql_connect.php' on line 14:
mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead
Date/Time: 9-24-2016 11:27:29

 

Can you please share what the fix is for this?

 

Thanks!

[Larry 422]

Hey! You're using an old version of the extension for interacting with MySQL and need to use the more current extension, which is MySQLi. That book is 8 years old now, so a few things have changed. Cheers!

[bobafifi 1]

Thanks Larry. Has the Registration script been updated to MySQLi  in a later edition of your book?  If so, can you please tell me which version so I can get it?

 

Thanks again!

[Larry 422]

Yes, the 4th edition of the book would have been updated. You can see the different code here:

 

http://www.larryullman.com/downloads/phpmysql4_scripts.zip

[bobafifi 1]

Awesome! Thank you Larry!