diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-assoc.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-assoc.xml
index 1421b7b06d..a8ad1b086e 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-assoc.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-assoc.xml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
 $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
 /* check connection */
-if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
-    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
+if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
+    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
     exit();
 }