The purpose of these examples are to show you various ways to use PHP and MySQL. The examples include displaying all fields in the database, random fields, sorting alphabetically and limiting the results returned.

In PHP every database is accessed slightly differently. To connect to MySQL, you would use mysql_connect(). When you decide to upgrade to Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server, you would use ocilogon() or mssql_connect() respectively. What is worse is that the parameters you use for the different connect functions are different also.. That's why a database wrapper library such as ADODB comes in handy when you need to ensure portability. <p> This tutorial has been translated into multiple languages, including German, Spanish, Polish, Thai and Chinese.

In some content management scripts case one needs to create a database and also populate it (insert the tables from the example .sql file). It's the case of PhpNuke for example. You will learn here to create a new database in phpmyadmin and also insert the needed information. There are some images too, to help you grasp the info easier.

Learn how to handle MySql databases in PHP

This tutorial will hopefully teach you some basics of how to access data with your PHP scripting to gather information with in a MySQL database. The first step you need to do is get a basic understanding of what MySQL is. If your site can handle or has access to a MySQL database you should try using the PHP Myadmin application to help you use and access your MySQL datases fast and easy.

This simple tutorial shows how to enter a data from a web form to mySQL database using the power of PHP.

topics covered, - mysql connections - error handling - listing databases on a server - listing tables in a database - printing mysql table fields into table header - printing the data into the table automatically why should you look at it? - no specific fields mentioned, just point the script at a server, db and table and watch it do its thing! - you get to reuse the code easily - no functions, includes, api's or anything - all 100% php + mysql code for beginners - runs on php4 or php5, with any mysql version by tss503

MySQL Administration correctly administering the MySQL server, including the manipulation the privilege system, and making intelligent decisions about the capabilities (permissions) given to users.

If you are the root user then it will display all the databases on the server, but if your not the root user then it will show all the databases that your user has permissions for. It's a really fun to play around with and can be expanded in a variety of ways. It's explained in the comments.

This code will count the number of entries / records in a MySQL database table and then display it using echo.