php - MySQL error message, mysql_connect(), any way to fix it? -

so error message:

php deprecated: mysql_connect(): mysql extension deprecated , removed in future: use mysqli or pdo instead

this affected piece of code:

class wdclient {      var $dblink;                // database link     var $prefix;                // table prefix     var $script;                // script running      /**      * construct new directory object.      */     function wdclient() {         error_reporting(e_all ^ e_notice);          $this->prefix = wddbprefix;          // connect database         $this->dblink = mysql_connect(wddbhost, wddbuser, wddbpasswd);          // select database         mysql_select_db(wddbname, $this->dblink) or die('sorry, site unavailable!');     } 

where wddbprefix, wddbhost, wddbuser, wddbpasswd, wddbname defined in config file.

i have tried using mysqli_connect instead of mysql_connect it's not working.

note: never use mysql, use method!

//mysqli information          $db_host     = "localhost";         $db_username = "username";         $db_password = "password";          //connect mysqli database (host/username/password)         $connection = mysqli_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password) or die("error " . mysqli_error());          //select mysqli dabatase table         $db = mysqli_select_db($connection, "table") or die("error " . mysqli_error()); 

good luck!