MySQL Access with PHP

This is a rough outline of the series of commands necessary to connect, query and display rows in a table.

Connect

$my_link = mysql_connect('mysql.aero.und.edu', 'caylan', 'password-goes-here')
  or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

Select Database

mysql_select_db('caylan') or die('Could not select database');

Query

$query = 'select * from notes';
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

Display Results

while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
  $id = $line[id];
  $date = $line[date];
  $content = $line[content];
  echo "ID: $id, DATE: $date, CONTENT: $content<br>";
}

Additional Reading


resource/mysql/php.txt · Last modified: 2007/07/26 12:00 by akuelbs