<?php
// Load the configuration file
$configFilePath = 'config.cfg';
$config = parse_ini_file($configFilePath, true);

// Check if the mysql section exists in the config file
if (!isset($config['mysql'])) {
    die('MySQL configuration not found in config.cfg');
}

// Extract MySQL connection parameters from the config file
$host = $config['mysql']['host'];
$username = $config['mysql']['username'];
$password = $config['mysql']['password'];
$database = $config['mysql']['database'];

// Create a connection
$conn = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $database);

// Check the connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die('Connection failed: ' . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Optionally, close the connection when done
// $conn->close();
?>