Lecture 23

Database Connectivity in PHP

Mr. Mubashir Ali

Lecturer (Dept. of Computer Science)
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Summary of the previous lecture
• Writing regular expression in PHP
• Validating user’s input
• String functions

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 Outline
• Creating database in MySQL using WAMP
• Connecting PHP with MySQL
• Inserting data in database
• CONNECTIONS: user registration

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1. Creating database in MySQL using WAMP

• Go to home page of WAMP server

• Select PHP myadmin
• Login to MySql
• Enter database name and click create
database button

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1. Creating database in MySQL using WAMP…

• Creating a table in a database:

• Select database from the list of databases
• Enter table name and number of columns
• Enter name, data-type and other required
properties for columns
• Click create table button

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2. Connecting PHP with MySQL
• mysql_connect(“hostname” ,”username”,
”password”)
– mysql_connect(“localhost”,”root”,””)
• mysql_select_db(“database name”)
– mysql_select_db(“testdatabase”)

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2. Connecting PHP with MySQL…
Connect with
Empty password Error
server
Host name message
username

Select database Database name

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3. Inserting data in database
• Create form to receive input from user
• On action page
– Retrieve user’s input
– Validate user’s input (optional)
– Establish connection with database
– Write insert command
– Execute command

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3. Inserting data in database…
• Insert SQL command:
INSERT INTO `table_name`
(list of columns)
VALUES (list of values)
INSERT INTO users
(‘user_Name’,’user_Email’,’user_Password’)
VALUES (‘$name’,’$email’,’$password’)
• mysql_query(query to execute)

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3. Inserting data in database…
post
reg_action.php

for later use

name

email

password

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3. Inserting data in database…

User’s input
is retrieved

Database connection

Insert
command

Command is
executed

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 3. Inserting data in database…
Header function
location
message

Close warnings

Message is displayed

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3. Inserting data in database…
message

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4. CONNECTIONS: user registration
• Create database
– Database name: connections
– Table name: users
• Table columns:
– user_Id int 4
– User_Name text 25
– User_Email varchar 35
– User_Password varchar 20
– User_Picture varchar 50
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4. CONNECTIONS: user registration…

post
name

email

password

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4. CONNECTIONS: user registration…

Connection to
the server

Database name

Database selection

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4. CONNECTIONS: user registration…

User’s
input is
retrieved
Database connection

Name
validation

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4. CONNECTIONS: user registration…

Email
validation

Insert
command

Command i
executed

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 Summary
• Creating database in MySQL using WAMP
• Connecting PHP with MySQL
• Inserting data in database
• CONNECTIONS: user registration

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References
• Chapter 30, “Beginning PHP and MySQL” by
W. Jason Gilmore, Apress publisher, 4th
edition; 2010, ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-
4302-3115-8.

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