help with Chatv2 script

[Davies]

Hi devs im actually having
problem on how to make the chatv2 script work in wampserver/online sever please kindly explain the installation process.

https://css-tricks.com/chat2/
https://css-tricks.com/examples/Chat2.zip

[Davies]

This Is The Details I Typed In Dbcon.php (N.B- I’ve Created The Database And The User Before Inputing The Details.)

<?php
//Connection Page
define(HOST, ‘localhost’);
define(USERNAME, ‘dafe’);
define(PASSWORD, ‘dafe26’);

mysqli_connect( HOST, dafe, dafe26) or die(“Could not connect”);
mysql_select_db (“chat2_db”)or die(‘Cannot connect to the database because: ‘ . mysql_error());

//functions
function checkVar($var)

This Was The Result I Got From Wampserver

( ! ) Notice: Use of undefined constant HOST – assumed ‘HOST’ in C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php on line 3
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 138952 {main}( ) ..\jumpin.php:0
2 0.0000 153968 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php’ ) ..\jumpin.php:5

( ! ) Notice: Use of undefined constant USERNAME – assumed ‘USERNAME’ in C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php on line 4
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 138952 {main}( ) ..\jumpin.php:0
2 0.0000 153968 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php’ ) ..\jumpin.php:5

( ! ) Notice: Use of undefined constant PASSWORD – assumed ‘PASSWORD’ in C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php on line 5
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 138952 {main}( ) ..\jumpin.php:0
2 0.0000 153968 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php’ ) ..\jumpin.php:5

( ! ) Notice: Use of undefined constant dafe – assumed ‘dafe’ in C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php on line 7
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 138952 {main}( ) ..\jumpin.php:0
2 0.0000 153968 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php’ ) ..\jumpin.php:5

( ! ) Notice: Use of undefined constant dafe26 – assumed ‘dafe26’ in C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php on line 7
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 138952 {main}( ) ..\jumpin.php:0
2 0.0000 153968 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php’ ) ..\jumpin.php:5

( ! ) Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php on line 7
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0000 138952 {main}( ) ..\jumpin.php:0
2 0.0000 153968 require_once( ‘C:\wamp\www\Chat2\dbcon.php’ ) ..\jumpin.php:5
3 0.0469 154608 mysql_connect ( ) ..\dbcon.php:7
Cannot connect to the database because: Base ‘chat2_db’ inconnue

[Anonymous]

While that’s true, and you really should correct it, I don’t think that’s why the code’s failing. You’re mixing mysqli and mysql functions. Don’t.

[Senff]

I’d say the error messages speak for themselves. Go through them one by one and see what they say.

For example, on line 7 you have:

mysqli_connect( HOST, dafe, dafe26) or die(“Could not connect”);

One of the error messages is:

( ! ) Notice: Use of undefined constant dafe – assumed ‘dafe’ in C:wampwwwChat2dbcon.php on line 7

With that, you can deduct that that line 7 should probably be:

mysqli_connect( HOST, 'dafe', 'dafe26') or die(“Could not connect”);

Having said that, that’s not what the original code is in the example on this site, AND as @BenWalker said, don’t mix up using mysql and mysqli, AND (not unimportant) the original code is already 5 years old. In some cases that can be an eternity.

[Author]

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