EDIT: View solution here:

​ ```<?php

// Defines database credentials $server = 'localhost'; $username = 'root'; $password = ''; $database = 'forum';

/* Attempt to connect to MySQL database */ $link = mysqli_connect($server, $username, $password, $database);

// Check connection if($link === false){ die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . mysqli_connect_error()); } ?> ``` ​

Hey guys, so I have a file called "connect.php" that functions basically as my config file. I keep getting the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token ";"

Which I see an error in the syntax I believe, I think there should be another ")" after:

if(!mysql_select_db($database)

However that just throws a fatal error instead. I don't see any other syntax errors here, of what could be causing this. Any ideas?

​

//connect.php
$server = 'localhost';
$username   = 'root';
$password   = '';
$database   = 'verify-user';

if(!mysql_connect($server, $username,  $password))
{
    exit('Error: could not establish database connection');
}
if(!mysql_select_db($database)
{
    exit('Error: could not select the database');
}
?>