MySQL error message, mysql_connect(), any way to fix it? - php

Question

So this is the error message:
PHP Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead
This is the affected piece of code:
class wdClient {
var $dbLink; // The database link
var $prefix; // Table prefix
var $script; // The script running
/**
* Construct a new directory object.
*/
function wdClient() {
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
$this->prefix = WDDBPREFIX;
// Connect to the database
$this->dbLink = mysql_connect(WDDBHOST, WDDBUSER, WDDBPASSWD);
// Select the database
mysql_select_db(WDDBNAME, $this->dbLink) or die('Sorry, The site is currently unavailable!');
}
where WDDBPREFIX, WDDBHOST, WDDBUSER, WDDBPASSWD, WDDBNAME are already defined in a config file.
I have tried simply using mysqli_connect instead of mysql_connect but it's not working.

Answer 1

Note: Never use MySQL, use this method!
//MySQLi information
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_username = "username";
$db_password = "password";
//connect to mysqli database (Host/Username/Password)
$connection = mysqli_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password) or die("Error " . mysqli_error());
//select MySQLi dabatase table
$db = mysqli_select_db($connection, "table") or die("Error " . mysqli_error());
Good luck!

Answer 2

well, as pointed in here http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysqli-connect.php , you should make something like this:
$link = mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1", "my_user", "my_password", "my_db");
Apparently, in your case it will look like this:
$link = mysqli_connect(WDDBHOST, WDDBUSER, WDDBPASSWD, WDDBNAME);
And then you can continue with your code...
if (!link){
die('Sorry, The site is currently unavailable!');
} else{
// write your SQL here and fetch it
}