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<?php // database.php require_once __DIR__ . '/config.php'; // Ensure this path correctly points to config.php /** * Establish a new database connection. * * @return mysqli The MySQLi database connection object. * @throws Exception if the connection fails. */ function db_connect() { // Use MySQLi to connect to the database $connection = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME); // Check if the connection was successful if ($connection->connect_error) { error_log("Database connection failed: " . $connection->connect_error); die("Database connection failed. Please check the error log for details."); } // Set the character set to UTF-8 for proper handling of characters if (!$connection->set_charset("utf8mb4")) { error_log("Error setting character set utf8mb4: " . $connection->error); } return $connection; } /** * Close an existing database connection. * * @param mysqli|null $connection The connection object to close. * @return void */ function db_disconnect($connection) { if ($connection instanceof mysqli) { $connection->close(); } } // Establish a connection and store it in the variable $db for use later $db = db_connect(); // You can now use $db for your database queries