'localhost', 'db' => 'database', 'user' => 'username', 'password' => 'password', 'table' => 'airports' ); // ---- $mysqli = new mysqli($config['server'], $config['user'], $config['password'], $config['db']); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); }