Mysql & Php

What is MySQL?

● MySQL is a database server

● MySQL is ideal for both small and large
applications

● MySQL supports standard SQL

● MySQL compiles on a number of platforms

● MySQL is free to download and use

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What is MySQL?

The data in MySQL is stored in database objects
called tables.

A table is a collection of related data entries and it
consists of columns and rows.

Databases are useful when storing information
categorically. A company may have a database with
the following tables: "Employees", "Products",
"Customers" and "Orders".

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Database Tables

A database most often contains one or more tables.
Each table is identified by a name (e.g. "Customers"
or "Orders"). Tables contain records (rows) with
data.
LastName FirstName Age City
Jill Jack 30 NY
Cruise Tom 23 NY
Bradshaw Kari 30 NY

Below is an example of a table called "Persons":
The table above contains three records (one for
each person) and four columns (LastName,
FirstName, Age, and City).
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Queries

A query is a question or a request.
With MySQL, we can query a database for specific
information and have a recordset returned.
Look at the following query:

SELECT LastName FROM Persons

The query above selects all the data in the
"LastName" column from the "Persons" table, and
will return a recordset like this:
LastName

Jill

Cruise

Bradshaw
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PHP+MySQL - Connect to a Database

Before you can access data in a database, you must
create a connection to the database.
In PHP, this is done with the mysql_connect()
function.
Syntax
mysql_connect(servername,username,password);

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","peter","abc123");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}

// some code
?>

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Closing a connection

The connection will be closed automatically when
the script ends.
To close the connection before, use the
mysql_close() function:

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}

// some code

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Create a database

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}

if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con))
{
echo "Database created";
}
else
{
echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();
}

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Create a table

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}

// Create database
if (mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE my_db",$con))
{ echo "Database created";}
else
{ echo "Error creating database: " . mysql_error();}

// Create table
mysql_select_db("my_db", $con); //A database must be selected before a table can be created
$sql = "CREATE TABLE Persons
(FirstName varchar(15),LastName varchar(15),Age int)";

// Execute query
mysql_query($sql,$con);

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Insert Data Into a Database Table

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}

mysql_select_db("my_db", $con);

mysql_query("INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES ('Peter', 'Griffin',35)");

mysql_query("INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES ('Jack', 'Jill',33)");

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Insert Data From a Form Into a Database

<html>
<body>

<form action="insert.php" method="post">
Firstname: <input type="text" name="firstname">
Lastname: <input type="text" name="lastname">
Age: <input type="text" name="age">
<input type="submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

When a user clicks the submit button in the HTML form in the
example above, the form data is sent to "insert.php".

The "insert.php" file connects to a database, and retrieves the values
from the form with the PHP $_POST variables.

Then, the mysql_query() function executes the INSERT INTO
statement, and a new record will be added to the "Persons" table.

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Insert Data From a Form Into a Database

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES
('$_POST[firstname]','$_POST[lastname]','$_POST[age]')";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "1 record added";

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Select Data From a Database Table

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['FirstName'] . " " . $row['LastName'];
echo "<br />";
}

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Display the Result in an HTML Table
<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons");

echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
</tr>";

{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['FirstName'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['LastName'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Where

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons
WHERE FirstName='Jack'");

{
echo $row['FirstName'] . " " . $row['LastName'];
echo "<br>";
}
?>

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Order By

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Persons ORDER BY age");

{
echo $row['FirstName'];
echo " " . $row['LastName'];
echo " " . $row['Age'];
echo "<br>";
}

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Update

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


mysql_query("UPDATE Persons SET Age=36
WHERE FirstName='Jack' AND LastName='Jill'");

mysql_close($con);
?>

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Delete

<?php
if (!$con)
{
}


mysql_query("DELETE FROM Persons WHERE LastName='Griffin'");

mysql_close($con);
?>

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