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<h2 class="title">MySQL extension overview example</h2>
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This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print
resulting rows and disconnect from a MySQL database.
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<p><strong>Example #1 MySQL extension overview example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Connecting, selecting database<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_host'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_password'</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Could not connect: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Connected successfully'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_database'</span><span style="color: #007700">) or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Could not select database'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Performing SQL query<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SELECT * FROM my_table'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">) or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Query failed: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Printing results in HTML<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<table>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$line </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_fetch_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MYSQL_ASSOC</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\t<tr>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$line </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$col_value</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\t\t<td></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$col_value</span><span style="color: #DD0000"></td>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\t</tr>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</table>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Free resultset<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Closing connection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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