What alternative approach is suggested in the forum thread to address the issue in the PHP script?

The issue in the PHP script is the use of the mysql extension, which is deprecated and no longer supported in PHP versions 7 and above. To address this issue, it is recommended to switch to either the mysqli or PDO extension for database connectivity in PHP. 

// Connect to the database using mysqli extension
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

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

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

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