mysql - how to access 2nd Mysqli Database from different server for wordpress

hello I have an old website hosted using Codeigniter as it is hard to customize I decide to change to Wordpress now the problem is I have student result on old website server. I want to access them on Wordpress website, I have PHP scripts from old website to run them on Wordpress but I don't know how to get or access 2nd MySQL database on Wordpress so I can show the student result on Wordpress website new website /

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hello I have an old website https://www.manthanpublication/manthantest hosted using Codeigniter as it is hard to customize I decide to change to Wordpress now the problem is I have student result on old website server. I want to access them on Wordpress website, I have PHP scripts from old website to run them on Wordpress but I don't know how to get or access 2nd MySQL database on Wordpress so I can show the student result on Wordpress website new website https://manthanwelfarefoundation/

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You can create a new instance of the wpdb object. It is explained in many posts like this one: Using wpdb to connect to a separate database