In what ways can online resources, such as forums and search engines, be utilized effectively to seek solutions for PHP-related issues like the one discussed in the thread?

Issue: The thread discusses a problem with a PHP script not properly connecting to a database due to incorrect credentials being used. Solution: To solve this issue, ensure that the database connection credentials in the PHP script match the ones set up in the database server. PHP Code Snippet: 

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

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

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

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