Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect()

[Glese]

After I did enable the following error reporting:

 

   Default Value: E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

 

I am getting the error message described in the title of this thread.

 

I do have the php_mysqli.dll extension enabled as well - AND the function used to work as is, before I changed the error reporting, thus the function actually should be defined, what could be another reason, that PHP thinks it is not a defined function?

[Glese]

When restarting the Apache server I also get the error message:

 

synatx error, unexpected '&' in .../php.ini on line 110.

 

And line 110 is:

 

Default Value: E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

 

EDIT:

 

I am quite sure it has to do with the php.ini, I must be doing something wrong, because if I revert the error_reporting back to the default with the ; in the front, then the mysqli_connect function does work again.

 

I only enabled the above error reporting to get rid of the notices.

[Pikachu2000]

While developing, you want all notices to be displayed so you can fix their causes.

 

It looks like you managed to uncomment a line that is there to show you how to set it up. That line should have the semicolon at the beginning of it, to indicate it is a comment. The actual value (for developing) should simply be:

 

error_reporting = -1

[Glese]

I did try your suggestion as follows, I hope I did it right:

 

; error_reporting
;   Default Value: E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
;   Development Value: E_ALL | E_STRICT
;   Production Value: E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED
error_reporting = -1

 

And now the mysqli function does work, but also, I am still getting notices, and it seems as if I did not adjust error_reporting at all, which means as if it is like it was in the beginning.

[Pikachu2000]

That's right. -1 is the highest level of error reporting, and will show every possible notice. As I said, you really should display them so you can fix the issues that are causing them. What notices are you trying to suppress by not displaying them?

[Glese]

This one for example:

 

Notice: Constant DB_HOST already defined in C:\...\connectvars.php on line 2

 

Just for you notice, I do understand your suggestion of proper coding, though this is an older project and I am not so serious about solving the notices.

 

Just out of curiosity what would be the sign for having the serious errors excluding notices? This one did not work for me:

 

error_reportign = E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE

 

And this one did not work for me as well:

 

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

[Pikachu2000]

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE should be right. Restart Apache after making any changes, of course. You can verify its value with phpinfo();

 

That notice would be very easy to fix with !defined(), or maybe by changing a call to include to include_once, BTW.