trouble logging into mysql using php

I am trying to connect to mysql via php using this line

  @ $db = new mysqli_connect('localhost', 'bookorama', 'bookorama123', 'books');
 if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
 echo 'Error: Could not connect to database.  Please try again later.';
 exit;
 }

I am not get开发者_开发知识库ting any response, no error message, nothing. I even added an echo'hi'; after the first line of code and it doesn't show up. When I added echo'hi'; before the first line hi prints out.

Any tips?

Get rid of the new instead do:

 $db = mysqli_connect(...

or use new to create a mysqli object

 $db = new mysqli(...

In the first case $db is assigned the return value of a function. The mysqli_connect function passes back the object created internal to the function. In the second case $db is being created through the new keyword as the result of the "new mysqli(..." expression.

First of all, remove the @ before function calls. @ is to suppress any errors from coming up.

Second, remove the new keyword. That's for instantiating a new class, not calling a function.

$db = @mysqli_connect('localhost', 'bookorama', 'bookorama123', 'books');

mysqli_connect is not an object it is function

EDIT:

remove @, make sure your error_reporting( E_ALL );

$db = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'bookorama', 'bookorama123', 'books');

"Call to undefined function mysqli_connect()" - do you have mysqli module on ? - Yes in php.ini file.