I'm using mysql Server version: 5.7.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (Ubuntu), trying to do a simple connection to the database but whenever I try to connect to the database, I get this error.
127.0.0.1:34236 [500]: /process.php - Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in /home/kipo/Desktop/php-crud/process.php:3 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /home/kipo/Desktop/php-crud/process.php on line 3please help me out. Thanks
1 Answer
You'd be needing to install the php-mysql package using apt.
sudo apt-get install php-mysql
From there, restart apache2
sudo service restart apache2
For a distro on systemd [If service is not a defined command], you can use:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Your script should be working after that
