Beginner question - Call to a member function close() on null - SOLVED

[xavier_michaels]

Doing a user creation page for a school project. Would very much appreciate if someone could help me.

The code worked perfectly fine when using localhost, but gave the title’s error upon uploading it to a web host.

The error is on the the “$stmt->close();” which I believe is not being called, but not sure why it works internally on my system.

<?php

/* entering localhost config instead
require_once "config.php"; 
*/


define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_NAME', 'users');

 
/* Attempt to connect to MySQL database */
$mysqli = new mysqli(DB_SERVER, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
 
// Check connection
if($mysqli === false){
    die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . $mysqli->connect_error);
}
 
$username = $password = $confirm_password = "";
$username_err = $password_err = $confirm_password_err = "";
 
if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){
 
    if(empty(trim($_POST["username"]))){
        $username_err = "Please enter a username.";
    } else{
        $sql = "SELECT id FROM users WHERE username = ?";
        
        if($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($sql)){
            $stmt->bind_param("s", $param_username);
            $param_username = trim($_POST["username"]);
            
            if($stmt->execute()){
                $stmt->store_result();
                
                if($stmt->num_rows == 1){
                    $username_err = "This username is already taken.";
                } else{
                    $username = trim($_POST["username"]);
                }
            } else{
                echo "Something went wrong.";
            }
        }

        $stmt->close();
    }
    
    if(empty(trim($_POST["password"]))){
        $password_err = "Please enter a password.";     
    } elseif(strlen(trim($_POST["password"])) < 6){
        $password_err = "Password must have atleast 6 characters.";
    } else{
        $password = trim($_POST["password"]);
    }
    
    if(empty(trim($_POST["confirm_password"]))){
        $confirm_password_err = "Please confirm password.";     
    } else{
        $confirm_password = trim($_POST["confirm_password"]);
        if(empty($password_err) && ($password != $confirm_password)){
            $confirm_password_err = "Password did not match.";
        }
    }
    
    if(empty($username_err) && empty($password_err) && empty($confirm_password_err)){
        
        $sql = "INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES (?, ?)";
         
        if($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($sql)){
            $stmt->bind_param("ss", $param_username, $param_password);

            $param_username = $username;
            $param_password = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT); 
            
            if($stmt->execute()){
                header("location: login.php");
            } else{
                echo "Something went wrong.";
            }
        }
         
        $stmt->close();
    }
    
    $mysqli->close();
}
?> 

[John_Betong]

@xavier_michaels

//

Try inserting these lines at the top of your script and see if there are any errors or warnings generated:

<?php
// PHP7 specific, fails fast, this file only 
   declare(strict_types=1); 
// this file and all included/required files
   error_reporting(-1); 
   ini_set('display_errors', 'true');
   mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);

// remaining script goes here

[xavier_michaels]

Thank you, thank you.

There was a 1 character difference between my host username and database which caused the error.

You have saved me a bad night’s sleep.

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