How can PHP fatal errors, such as "Access denied for user", be resolved when upgrading PHP versions?

To resolve PHP fatal errors like "Access denied for user" when upgrading PHP versions, you need to ensure that the database connection credentials in your PHP code are correct and compatible with the new PHP version. This error typically occurs when the username or password for the database connection is incorrect or the user does not have the necessary permissions.

// Correct the database connection credentials to resolve "Access denied for user" error
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "your_username";
$password = "your_password";
$dbname = "your_database";

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

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