Try checking for errors using
mysqli_connect_errno
:
$link = mysqli_connect('****HOSTNAME*****', '***USERNAME****', '**PASSWORD**', 'a8834432_website');
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
PS. Also free the result and the connection when done.
mysqli_free_result($result);
mysqli_close($link);
Good luck!