<?php
// MySQL database credentials
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "ppcad7no_maiclaliyana";
$password = "i~1s8vG8M1Jc";
$database = "ppcad7no_maiclaliyana";

// Create a connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $database);

// Check the connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Set character set to UTF-8
$conn->set_charset("utf8mb4");

// Escape user inputs to prevent SQL injection
function escape($input) {
    global $conn;
    return mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $input);
}


// Close the connection
$conn->close();
?>