I'm obviously new to PHP, and I've been asked by a friend to create a dynamic blog that could use continuously. I wanted it to connect to phpMyAdmin so it would be easier, but when I try to connect with it to my web page, it always fails and my set error appears. I don't know what to look up to help me. I'm sorry if I'm not clear. Post if you want me to go more into detail.
Here's my code:
<?php
$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = ' root';
$dbpass = '';
$dbname = 'blog1';
$connect = mysqli_connect($dbname, $dbuser, $dbhost, $dbpass) or die ('Cannot connect to database.');
echo "Succesfully connected to database!";
?>