I wrote support ssl mysqli you don't need change anymore mysqli connect exchange to your own mysqli . Overwrite __construct mysqli with support ssl can be like that: <?php class myssl_mysqli extends \mysqli {        public function __construct($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, $port, $persistent = true, $ssl = false, $certpublic = "") {            if($ssl) {        parent::init();                parent::options(MYSQLI_OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT, false);        parent::ssl_set(NULL, NULL, $certpublic, NULL, NULL);            parent::real_connect(($persistent ? 'p:' : '') . $db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, $port, '', MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL | MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT );            } else {                 parent::__construct($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, $port);            }}$db = new myssl_mysqli('localhost','user', 'pass','db', '3306', true, true, '/home/mypublicowncert.pem'); ?>in this example i off the verificate cert by authority ssl, due it own cery created

Correct way to connect db <?phpmysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);$mysqli = new mysqli("127.0.0.1", "db_user", "db_pass", "db_name",3306);$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT somefield1, somefield2 FROM sometable ORDER BY ID LIMIT 3");/* Close the connection as soon as it becomes unnecessary */$mysqli->close();foreach ($result as $row) {    /* Processing data received from the database */echo var_dump ($row);}