$SQLhost='sub.domain.net';
$SQLuser='user';
$SQLpass='password';
$SQLdbase='DBase';

$mysqli = new mysqli($SQLhost, $SQLuser, $SQLpass, $SQLdbase);
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    echo 'Unable to connect to MySQL: ('.$mysqli->connect_errno.')'.$mysqli->connect_error;
}

$query='SELECT * FROM WORDS'; // <<<<<<<<<<<<< WORDS - a sheet of DBase

$res = $mysqli->query($query);

if($res!=FALSE) {
    $res->data_seek(0);
    while ($row = $res->fetch_assoc()) {
         echo 'id='.$row['id'].'<br>';
    }
}
else echo 'still not there';

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