'localhost', 'username' => 'myquant', 'password' => '_H(lU1_fF*9baRTp', 'database' => 'myquant', 'charset' => 'utf8mb4' ]; } function get_mysqli_connection() { $db_config = get_db_config(); $mysqli = new mysqli( $db_config['host'], $db_config['username'], $db_config['password'], $db_config['database'] ); if ($mysqli->connect_error) { die("Connection failed: " . $mysqli->connect_error); } $mysqli->set_charset($db_config['charset']); return $mysqli; }