REQUEST-VALUE (coming from the html-form) "DB_HOST" => "databasehost", "DB_DATABASE" => "database", "DB_USERNAME" => "databaseuser", "DB_PASSWORD" => "databaseuserpass", "DB_PORT" => "databaseport", "DB_CONNECTION" => "databasedriver" ]; $db = new mysqli($_POST["databasehost"], $_POST["databaseuser"], $_POST["databaseuserpass"], $_POST["database"], $_POST["databaseport"]); if ($db->connect_error) { header("LOCATION: index.php?step=2&message=Could not connect to the Database"); die(); } foreach ($values as $key => $value) { $param = $_POST[$value]; setEnvironmentValue($key, $param); } header("LOCATION: index.php?step=3"); } ?>