Php/docs/mysql.examples-basic
MySQL extension overview example
This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print resulting rows and disconnect from a MySQL database.
Example #1 MySQL extension overview example
<?php// Connecting, selecting database$link = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());echo 'Connected successfully';mysql_select_db('my_database') or die('Could not select database');// Performing SQL query$query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table';$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());// Printing results in HTMLecho "<table>\n";while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) { echo "\t<tr>\n"; foreach ($line as $col_value) { echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n"; } echo "\t</tr>\n";}echo "</table>\n";// Free resultsetmysql_free_result($result);// Closing connectionmysql_close($link);?>
