connect_error){ die('Connection Failed: ' . $mysql_connection->connect_error); } else { $sql = "INSERT INTO coffee (drink, guest) VALUES ('".$drink."','".$guest."');"; $mysql_connection->query($sql); } $mysql_connection->close(); } static public function find(){ //connect just once, not for every create/find $servername = 'localhost'; $username = 'root'; $password = 'root'; $dbname = 'phpexample'; $mysql_connection = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname); if($mysql_connection->connect_error){ $mysql_connection->close(); die('Connection Failed: ' . $mysql_connection->connect_error); } else { $sql = "SELECT * FROM coffee;"; $results = $mysql_connection->query($sql); return $results; } } }