Connect MySql with PHP

I have a Mysql database and I have written the PHP script to be able to link into it from the PHP but I think I missed something. I cannot connect and the only documentation I can find is to save my php files to my web server. I am a little confused about what that means. I have Apache running is there somewhere in there that I am supposed to save my php files to?

Thanks!

 

You can do it in using above code

 

Ok I have that.. here is my php code now. my problem is that it is not connecting and i think it is where the files are saved. What I have been reading is that I have to save the file to the web server. Is that my apache server and if so how do I accomplish that?

<?php
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'PiS1009Je');
if (!$link)
{
$output = 'Unable to connect to the database server.';
include 'output.html.php';
exit();
}

if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, 'utf8'))
{
$output = 'Unable to set database connection encoding.';
include 'output.html.php';
exit();
}

if (!mysqli_select_db($link, 'hoist'))
{
$output = 'Unable to locate the hoist database.';
include 'output.html.php';
exit();
}

$output = 'Database connection established.';
include 'output.html.php';
?>

 

Do you want to run it on your own computer ? without uploading to the server ? Then you have to download WAMP (Windows, Apache, Mysql, PHP) or LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) server to install.

Tip : if your using windows you can download "easyphp" (just google it) and run that WAMP on your computer.