PHP MySQL Database

Hello folks! welcome back to a new section of our tutorial on PHP. In this section of our PHP tutorial, we will be studying about PHP and MySQL.

PHP functions nearly with all the database softwares, including Oracle and Sybase but the most regularly used is the available free MySQL database.

Prerequisites

• You should have studied the MySQL tutorial in order for you to know MySQL basics.

• Download and then install a latest version of MySQL.

• If you have not yet created a database then you are going to need a root user and also its password to successfully create a database.

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This tutorial post have been divided into the following sections -

• Connecting PHP to MySQL database - Learn how to use PHP to open and also close MySql database connection.

• Create the MySQL database via PHP - This part explains how you can create MySQL database and tables.

• Delete the MySQL database via PHP - This part explains how you can delete MySQL database and tables.

• Inserting Data to the MySQL database - Once you create your MySQL database and tables, then you would like to insert your data into the created tables. This section is going to take you through on real examples of how to insert data.

• Retrieving Data from MySQL database - This part gives a detailed explanation of how to retrieve data from MySQL database using PHP.

• Using Paging through PHP - This section explains how to show your query result into multiple pages and how to create the navigation link.

• Updating Data into MySQL database - This part gives a detailed explanation of how to update an existing record into MySQL database using PHP.

• Deleting Data from MySQL database - This part gives a detailed explanation of how to delete the existing record from MySQL database using PHP.

• Backup MySQL database via PHP - This part explains the various ways to take backup of your MySQL database for safety reasons.

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Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial guide, we are going to be discussing about the MySQL database connection.

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