title: How to fix call to undefined function mysqli_connect()
body: <p>I am trying to deploy a php based application online and getting following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in home/spurdes/public_html/testsites/crimebusters/Repository/SQL_Connection.php on line 27.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is line 27:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$this-&gt;connection=  mysqli_connect($this-&gt;connectionHost,$this-&gt;userName,$this-&gt;password,$this-&gt;dbName);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my <a href="http://testsites.spurdesigns.com/crimebusters/phpconfigTest.php" rel="nofollow">phpinfo</a></p>
  
  <p>I dont have access to <code>php.init</code></p>