Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in C:\xampp\htdocs\VOWDATA1xxxx\bind.php:8 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\VOWDATA1xxxx\bind.php(8): mysqli->__construct('127.0.0.1', 'root', '', 'mydb') #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\VOWDATA1xxxx\bind.php on line 8