diff --git a/code/products/mysql/connect.php b/code/products/mysql/connect.php
index d3746a6bf6..eb07dc51f1 100644
--- a/code/products/mysql/connect.php
+++ b/code/products/mysql/connect.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 $conn .= "host=" . $fields["host"];
 $conn .= ";port=" . $fields["port"];;
 $conn .= ";dbname=defaultdb";
-$conn .= ";sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert='D:/absolute/path/to/ssl/certs/ca.pem";
+$conn .= ";sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert='D:/absolute/path/to/ssl/certs/ca.pem'";
 
 try {
     $db = new PDO($conn, $fields["user"], $fields["pass"]);
diff --git a/docs/products/mysql/howto/connect-with-php.rst b/docs/products/mysql/howto/connect-with-php.rst
index 06c59e18cd..9e39157066 100644
--- a/docs/products/mysql/howto/connect-with-php.rst
+++ b/docs/products/mysql/howto/connect-with-php.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Pre-requisites
 
   .. code-block:: bash
 
-     $conn .= ";sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert='D:/absolute/path/to/ssl/certs/ca.pem
+     $conn .= ";sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert='D:/absolute/path/to/ssl/certs/ca.pem'"
 
 .. note::
    Your PHP installation needs to include the `MySQL functions <https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-pgsql.php>`_ (most installations have this already).