Deprecated: mysql_connect()

Question

I am getting this warning, but the program still runs correctly.

The MySQL code is showing me a message in PHP:

Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in C:\xampp\htdocs\task\media\new\connect.inc.php on line 2

My connect.inc.php page is

<?php
  $connect = mysql_connect('localhost','root','');
  mysql_select_db('dbname');
?>

What does this mean and how can I eliminate the message?

Answer 1

There are a few solutions to your problem.

The way with MySQLi would be like this:

<?php
$connection = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'database');

To run database queries is also simple and nearly identical with the old way:

<?php
// Old way
mysql_query('CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `table`', $connection);
// New way
mysqli_query($connection, 'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `table`');

Turn off all deprecated warnings including them from mysql_*:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED);

The Exact file and line location which needs to be replaced is "/System/Startup.php > line: 2 " error_reporting(E_All); replace with error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED);