<?php

// Database configuration

$host = 'localhost';

$username = 'your_username';

$password = 'your_password';

$dbname = 'your_database';

​

// Create a new connection

$conn = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $dbname);

​

// Check for connection errors

if ($conn->connect_error) {

    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);

}

​

// Set UTF-8 encoding

$conn->set_charset("utf8");

​

// Perform database operations...

​

// Close the connection

$conn->close();

?>