PHP/MySQL Database/Database Query
Get data from database query
<html>
<body>
<ul>
<?php
$cnx = mysql_connect("mysql153.secureserver.net","wbex","password");
mysql_select_db("wbex");
$employees = @mysql_query("SELECT ID, FirstName FROM Employee");
if (!$employees) {
die("<p>Error retrieving employees from database!<br />".
"Error: " . mysql_error() . "</p>");
}
while ($employee = mysql_fetch_array($employees)) {
$id = $employee["ID"];
$name = htmlspecialchars($author["Name"]);
echo("$name <br>");
echo("$id <br>");
}
?>
</ul>
</p>
</body>
</html>
List Database, Table, and Field
<html>
<head>
<title>Listing every database, table, and field</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$user = "wbex";
$pass = "password";
$db = "wbex";
$link = mysql_connect( "mysql153.secureserver.net", $user, $pass );
if ( ! $link )
die( "Couldn"t connect to MySQL" );
$db_res = mysql_list_dbs( $link );
while ( $db_rows = mysql_fetch_row( $db_res ) ) {
print "<b>$db_rows[0]</b>\n";
if ( !@mysql_select_db( $db_rows[0], $link ) ) {
print "<dl><dd>couldn"t connect -- " . mysql_error() ." </dl>";
continue;
}
$tab_res = mysql_list_tables( $db_rows[0], $link );
print "\t<dl><dd>\n";
while ( $tab_rows = mysql_fetch_row( $tab_res ) ){
print "\t<b>$tab_rows[0]</b>\n";
$query_res = mysql_query( "SELECT * from $tab_rows[0]" );
$num_fields = mysql_num_fields( $query_res );
print "\t\t<dl><dd>\n";
for ( $x=0; $x<$num_fields; $x++ ){
print "\t\t<i>";
print mysql_field_type( $query_res, $x );
print "</i> <i>";
print mysql_field_len( $query_res, $x );
print "</i> <b>";
print mysql_field_name( $query_res, $x );
print "</b> <i>";
print mysql_field_flags( $query_res, $x );
print "</i><br>\n";
}
print "\t\t</d1>\n";
}
print "\t</d1>\n";
}
mysql_close( $link );
?>
</body>
</html>
Sending SQL Queries to a MySQL Database using the mysql_query () function
<?php
$host="mysql153.secureserver.net";
$uname="wbex";
$pass="password";
$database="wbex";
$connection= mysql_connect ($host, $uname, $pass) or die ("Database connection failed!");
$result=mysql_select_db ($database) or die ("Database could not be selected");
$query = "drop table if exists mytable";
$result = mysql_query ($query) or die ("Query failed.");
?>