Perform queries against the database in PHP

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<?php
    $con=mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","test");
    // Check connection
    if (mysqli_connect_errno()){
        echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
    }

    // Perform queries
    mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM employee");
    mysqli_query($con,"INSERT INTO employee (Name) VALUES ('NewName')");

    mysqli_close($con);
?>