How can manual database access tools like phpmyadmin be used to troubleshoot PHP script installation issues?

To troubleshoot PHP script installation issues using manual database access tools like phpMyAdmin, you can check the database connection credentials in the PHP script and ensure they match the database settings in phpMyAdmin. You can also use phpMyAdmin to manually execute SQL queries to test database connectivity and data retrieval.

<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "mydatabase";

// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
echo "Connected successfully";
?>