title: Class 'mysqli_connect' not found
body: <p>Okay so this is my problem now. I am using PHP 5.5.12 and MySQL 5.6.17. The php mysqli_connect is checked on my php settings but still getting error. ANy help? Thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my dbcon.php</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  //Connect to the database 
  $link = new mysqli_connect ("localhost", "root", "", "towertec_master"); 
  if (mysqli_connect_errno()) 
  {
  printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
  exit();
  }?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is my main.php</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  include ("lib\dbcon.php");
  
  // is a client logged in?
  include("lib/login_check.php");
  
  include("lib/fetch_org_data.php");
  $thispage="main";   
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Fatal error: Class 'mysqli_connect' not found in C:\wamp\www\Trading\lib\dbcon.php on line 3
  Call Stack
  #   Time    Memory  Function    Location
  1   0.0014  244472  {main}( )   ..\main.php:0
  2   0.0023  247912  include( 'C:\wamp\www\Trading\lib\dbcon.php' )  ..\main.php:2
  </code></pre>