LNK2019 error when building MySQL codei n VIsual Studio C++ - c++

Question

I've spent about two days now trying to get this to work but I still keep getting the same error with every method I do. I'm new to connecting MySQL to C++ so I'm a bit lost and every time I try to compile it, the thing spits out LNK2019 error. I'm using Visual Studio 2022.
#include <iostream>
#include <mysql.h>
using namespace std;
// DATABASE STUFF
struct connection_details {
const char* server, * user, * password, * database;
};
MYSQL* mysql_connection_setup(struct connection_details mysql_details) {
MYSQL* connection = mysql_init(NULL);
if (!(mysql_real_connect(connection, mysql_details.server, mysql_details.user, mysql_details.password, mysql_details.database, 0, NULL, 0))) {
cout << "Connection Error: " << mysql_error(connection) << endl;
exit(1);
}
return connection;
}
MYSQL_RES* mysql_execute_query(MYSQL* connection, const char* sql_query) {
if (mysql_query(connection, sql_query)) {
cout << "MYSQL Query Error: " << mysql_error(connection) << endl;
exit(1);
}
return mysql_use_result(connection);
}
// MAIN FUNCTION
int main(int argc, char const* argv[]) {
MYSQL* con;
MYSQL_RES* res;
MYSQL_ROW row;
struct connection_details mysql_db;
mysql_db.server = "localhost";
mysql_db.user = "root";
mysql_db.password = "tAblE4wTe3";
mysql_db.database = "test";
con = mysql_connection_setup(mysql_db);
res = mysql_execute_query(con, "select * from table1");
cout << "Displaying Database:\n" << endl;
while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res)) != NULL) {
cout << row[0] << " | " << row[1] << " | " << row[2] << endl;
}
mysql_free_result(res);
mysql_close(con);
return 0;
}
Errors it shows:
1>------ Build started: Project: Test, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_error referenced in function "struct MYSQL * __cdecl mysql_connection_setup(struct connection_details)" (?mysql_connection_setup##YAPEAUMYSQL##Uconnection_details###Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_init referenced in function "struct MYSQL * __cdecl mysql_connection_setup(struct connection_details)" (?mysql_connection_setup##YAPEAUMYSQL##Uconnection_details###Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_real_connect referenced in function "struct MYSQL * __cdecl mysql_connection_setup(struct connection_details)" (?mysql_connection_setup##YAPEAUMYSQL##Uconnection_details###Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_query referenced in function "struct MYSQL_RES * __cdecl mysql_execute_query(struct MYSQL *,char const *)" (?mysql_execute_query##YAPEAUMYSQL_RES##PEAUMYSQL##PEBD#Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_use_result referenced in function "struct MYSQL_RES * __cdecl mysql_execute_query(struct MYSQL *,char const *)" (?mysql_execute_query##YAPEAUMYSQL_RES##PEAUMYSQL##PEBD#Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_free_result referenced in function main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_fetch_row referenced in function main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mysql_close referenced in function main
1>C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\C++ Projects\Test\x64\Debug\Test.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 8 unresolved externals
1>Done building project "Test.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
These are the include/library folder locations:
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\mysql stuff\libbinlogevents
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\mysql stuff\libbinlogstandalone
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\mysql stuff\libchangestreams
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\mysql stuff\libmysql
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\mysql stuff\libservices
C:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector C++ 8.0\lib64\vs14
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\mysql stuff\include
C:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector C++ 8.0\include
I've tried looking it up, and every forum, video, etc. that I try using to resolve doesn't work. I'm not sure if it's a 32-bit or 64-bit issue, though I don't think it is since all files point to 64-bit folders. I'm thinking it's something in my code but I'm very new to this so I can't really pinpoint it. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: I managed to solve it, just started the project from scratch and followed the visual studio docs and this video.