$host = "webdev.iyaserver.com";
$userid = "emiliedu";
    $userpw = "AcadDev_Duran_3980098433";
        $db = "emiliedu_movies";

            // include '../pdloginvariables.php'; // you can ignore/skip this line

            $mysql = new mysqli(
            $host,
            $userid,
            $userpw,
            $db
            );

            if($mysql->connect_errno) {
            echo "db connection error : " . $mysql->connect_error;
            exit();
            }

            $title = $_REQUEST['title'];
            $sql = "SELECT * FROM moviesView WHERE
                title like 'title'";

            $sql = ""; // SQL statement to submit to db

            $results = $mysql->query($sql);

            if(!$results) {
            echo "SQL error: ". $mysql->error;
            exit();
            }

            echo "Your search returned " . $results->num_rows . " results.<br>";

            while($currentrow =  $results->fetch_assoc()) {
            echo "field1: " . $currentrow["title"] . "<br>"; // replace field1 with the name of a column from your SELECT
            }