Learn to create the Database on your host and write a modular PHP script for establishing connection to that database using the improved MySQLi extension. PHP and MySQL are the core data processing technologies of most popular social networking websites. <?php $db_conx = mysqli_connect("localhost", "worldoi5_adam", "xxxxxxxx", "worldoi5_social"); // Evaluate the connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo mysqli_connect_error(); exit(); } else { echo "Successful database connection, happy coding!!!"; } ?>