This tutorial explains how to access dbm files from PHP using various dbm-PHP functions.

This tutorial will teach you how to deal with special characters like HTML tags, white space etc. from a user submitted form and database output.

This is a short reference to common data types of MySQL database, a shorter version of the one found in the MySQL manual.

In this tutorial you will learn how to connect to a MySQL databse and get data from the database and display it.

This example use MySQL functions from PHP to display full MySQL table(every column and every row) as HTML.

This tutorial shows how to store data into a MySQL database and then retrieve it by using a PHP query. This wil teach you the basics behind the use of PHP with databases. A VERY good tutorial for beginners who are interested in learning the language quickly.

This tutorial explains the need for database abstraction in PHP, and shows how to create your own database API that can be to used with different types of databases. The tutorial uses a PHP PostgreSQL API as an example.

DSN stands for 'Data Source Name'. It is an easy way to assign useful and easily rememberable names to data sources which may not be limited to databases alone. DSN-less connections don't require creation of system level DSNs for connecting to databases and provide an alternative to DSNs. This tutorial will show you how to connect to an Access database with a DSN and without a DSN.

Learn how to use MySQL embedded function to format Date/Time field value just right in the SQL query string. For example another way is to use PHP, but it is slower and inconvenient. This tutorial will show you both examples for the same goal.

Before you can get content out of your MS SQL database, you must know how to establish a connection to MS SQL Server from inside a PHP script. This tutorial describes how to connect to MS SQL database with a DSN and without a DSN.