== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

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// example of an empty password when connecting to a mysql database
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, "");
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=== Compliant solution

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// generate a secure password, set it to the username database, and store it in a environment variable for instance
$password = getenv('MYSQL_SECURE_PASSWORD');
// then connect to the database
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
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