Undefined function mysql_connect()

php mysql ubuntu mysql-connect undefined-function
user1765369 picture user1765369 · Dec 11, 2012 · Viewed 491.3k times · Source

I have ran aptitude install php5-mysql (and restarted MySQL/Apache 2), but I am still getting this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in /home/validate.php on line 21

phpinfo() says the /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/pdo_mysql.ini file has been parsed.

Answer

rubo77 picture rubo77 · Jun 17, 2016

In case, you are using PHP7 already, the formerly deprecated functions mysql_* were removed entirely, so you should update your code using the PDO-functions or mysqli_* functions instead.

If that's not possible, as a workaround, I created a small PHP include file, that recreates the old mysql_* functions with mysqli_*()-functions: fix_mysql.inc.php

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