connector.php

 <?php
 
$servername = "HOSTNAME"; //Cpanel hostname to MySQL is: ****localhost**** . 
$username = "USERNAME";
$password = "PASSWORD";

//Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    echo "Error connecting database: " . $conn->error;
  die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

echo "connected to the MySQL ...";
$conn->close();
?>