<?php

/* 
 * connecting to mysql and selecting the database
 */

$mysqli = new mysqli("db-basra.cw4rayn0w3c8.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com", "basra_admin",
				"Highway2375To.Hell", "dbegybasra");

if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $mysqli->connect_errno . ") " . $mysqli->connect_error;
    die("Error connecting to db");
}

$mysqli->set_charset("utf8mb4");
$mysqli->query("SET NAMES utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci");

?>