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PHP Connect to MySQL

PHP Connect to MySQL

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PHP Connect to MySQL will gives the description about how to connect PHP to Database. In order to connect any database with PHP, a particular connection method is required. PHP has two popularized databases. The common features between the above two connection methods are:

MySQLi

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Here MySQLi database connection procedure is used after PHP5 versions in place of MySQL. In MySQLi database connections there are two procedures:

Create database using phpMyadmin

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After completion of XAMPP download and installation, creation of database and tables in it are done using phpMyadmin.

Steps for creating User Account, Database and Table

Step-1 : Navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin in the browser or Windows user can directly go to XAMPP control Panel and click on MySQL -> Admin which takes to phpmyadmin homepage which looks like below. Step-2 : Then go to User Accounts -> Add account -> Enter username, password, hostname -> Click in check box Check All -> Go as shown in below image. Step-3 : Then create a new Database by clicking New -> enter Database Name -> Select Collation -> Create like shown below. Step-4 : Then start creating a table in the database by giving the table name Authors -> No.of columns:4 -> Go Step-5 : The final structure of the table looks like below with the various values in the table.

Connecting to Database

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MySQLi (object-oriented) // Before going to do this, create a database and get HostName from phpmyadmin panel. [php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $dbPassword = "PHPFundamentals"; $dbUserName = "PHPFundamentals"; $dbServer = "localhost"; $dbName = "PHPFundamentals"; $connection = new mysqli($dbServer, $dbUserName, $dbPassword, $dbName); print_r($connection); if($connection->connect_errno) { echo "Database Connection Failed: ".$connection->connect_errno); } ?> </body> </html> [/php] MySQLi Procedural [php] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $dbPassword = "PHPFundamentals"; $dbUserName = "PHPFundamentals"; $dbServer = "localhost"; $dbName = "PHPFundamentals"; $connection = mysqli_connect($dbServer, $dbUserName, $dbPassword, $dbName); print_r($connection); if($connection) { die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error()); } echo "Connected successfully"; ?> </body> </html> [/php]

Closing the Connection

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The connection to the database closes automatically when the script ends.In order to close the connection before itself, the following statements can be used: MySQLi (object-oriented) [php]$connection->close();[/php] MySQLi Procedural [php]mysqli_close($connection);[/php]

Summary

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PHP Connect to MySQL draws out the following main points:
  • PHP has two popularized databases : PDO and MySQLi
  • MySQLi has the ability to be procedural instead of Object Oriented.
  • Create Database using PHPMyAdmin.