query("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS " . $dbname); $conn->select_db($dbname); // Set charset to utf8mb4 for modern emoji/special char support $conn->set_charset("utf8mb4"); } catch (mysqli_sql_exception $e) { // PHP 8.4 style error handling die("

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"); } /** * Null-safe escape function for PHP 8.1+ */ if (!function_exists('escape')) { function escape(?string $string): string { global $conn; if ($string === null) return ''; return mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $string); } } /** * Null-safe htmlspecialchars wrapper for PHP 8.1+ */ if (!function_exists('h')) { function h(?string $value): string { return htmlspecialchars($value ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); } } ?>