First time start up trouble

Hi, I just installed the Windows 10 version with the step by step instructions, I was able to login initially but the page looked weird (like only the text loaded). I restarted XAMPP and started Apache and MySQL, the copied the login link (http://localhost/openemr/interface/login/login.php?site=default)

and I get the following error message on both chrome and Firefox:

Fatal error : Uncaught TypeError: mysqli_query(): Argument #1 ($mysql) must be of type mysqli, bool given in C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php:1372 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php(1372): mysqli_query(false, 'SET NAMES ‘utf8…’, 0) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\adodb.inc.php(1613): ADODB_mysqli->_query('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’, false) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php(1115): ADOConnection->_Execute('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\ADODB_mysqli_log.php(60): ADODB_mysqli->execute('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’, false) #4 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\sql.inc.php(66): ADODB_mysqli_log->ExecuteNoLog('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’) #5 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\interface\globals.php(301): require_once(‘C:\xampp\htdocs…’) #6 C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\interface\login\login.php(41): require_once(‘C:\xampp\htdocs…’) #7 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php on line 1372

please help :frowning:

Hi there, did u install the openemr software successfully?

just restart your apache2 and mysql server and

localhost/openemr
what message you get you pl post.

Hi
I am New for openemr and facing same issue. in apache error log below issue display
[Sat Sep 02 22:48:16.483205 2023] [php:error] [pid 15408:tid 1932] [client ::1:62885] PHP Fatal error:
Uncaught TypeError: mysqli_query(): Argument #1 ($mysql) must be of type mysqli, bool given in
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php:1372\nStack trace:\n#0
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php(1372): mysqli_query(false, 'SET NAMES ‘utf8…’, 0)\n#1
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\adodb.inc.php(1613): ADODB_mysqli->_query('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’, false)\n#2
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php(1115): ADOConnection->_Execute('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’)\n#3
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\ADODB_mysqli_log.php(60): ADODB_mysqli->execute('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’, false)\n#4
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\library\sql.inc.php(66): ADODB_mysqli_log->ExecuteNoLog('SET NAMES ‘utf8…’)\n#5
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\interface\globals.php(301): require_once(‘C:\\xampp\\htdocs…’)\n#6
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\interface\login\login.php(41): require_once(‘C:\\xampp\\htdocs…’)\n#7 {main}\n thrown in
C:\xampp\htdocs\openemr\vendor\adodb\adodb-php\drivers\adodb-mysqli.inc.php on line 1372