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Computer Resource Centre – Piliyandala Education Zone

Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa

Web Development Workshop - PHP


2
PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)

PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages and it is similar to the ASP. PHP is
executed on the server hence we call it to server side scripting Language. PHP supports many databases such
as MySQL, Informix, Oracle etc. PHP is open source software and it is free to download from the Internet.
PHP runs on different platforms such as Windows, Linux, Unix, etc. Install Apache (or IIS) on your own
server, install PHP, and MySQL (Install WAMP or LAMP Server)

WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP)


LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP)

PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"

PHP code is executed on the server, and the plain HTML result is sent to the browser.

<html><body>
<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>
</body></html>

Comments in PHP

<html><body>
<?php
//This is a comment
/*
This is
a comment
block
*/
?>
</body></html>

Variables in PHP

$var_name = value;

Example 1 Example 2

<?php <?php
$txt="Hello World!"; $txt="Hello World";
$x=16; echo $txt;
?> ?>

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PHP Operators

This section lists the different operators used in PHP.

Arithmetic Operators

Operator Description Example Result


+ Addition x=2 x+2 4
- Subtraction x=2 5-x 3
* Multiplication x=4 x*5 20
/ Division 15/5 5/2 3 2.5
% Modulus (division remainder) 5%2 1
10%8 2
10%2 0
++ Increment x=5 x=6
x++ or x=x+1
-- Decrement x=5 x=4
x-- or x=x-1

Assignment Operators

Operator Example Is The Same As


= x=y x=y
+= x+=y x=x+y
-= x-=y x=x-y
*= x*=y x=x*y
/= x/=y x=x/y
.= x.=y x=x.y
%= x%=y x=x%y

Comparison Operators

Operator Description Example


== is equal to 5= =8 returns false
!= is not equal 5!=8 returns true
<> is not equal 5<>8 returns true
> is greater than 5>8 returns false
< is less than 5<8 returns true
>= is greater than or equal to 5>=8 returns false
<= is less than or equal to 5<=8 returns true

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Logical Operators

Operator Description Example


&& and x=6
y=3

(x < 10 && y > 1) returns true


|| or x=6
y=3

(x==5 || y==5) returns false


! not x=6
y=3

!(x==y) returns true

if Statement
<html>
<body>
Syntax
<?php
if (condition) code to be executed if condition is true; $d=date("D");
if ($d=="Fri")
echo "Have a nice weekend!";
Example else
echo "Have a nice day!";
?>

</body>
While Loops </html>

Syntax
while (condition)
{
code to be executed;
}

Example

<html><body>
<?php
$i=1;
while($i<=5)
{
echo "The number is " . $i . "<br />";
$i++;
}
?>
</body></html>

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For Loops

Syntax
for (init; condition; increment)
{
code to be executed;
}

Example

<html><body>
<?php
for ($i=1; $i<=5; $i++)
{
echo "The number is " . $i . "<br />";
}
?>
</body></html>

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PHP Examples
Example 1
Practice with Variables.

<html>
<head>
<title>Variables - Some Practice</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

print("It Worked!<br>");
echo ("Hello World!<br>");
$x=6.6;
$y=6;
$fname='kuma';
$lname='Livera';
echo($x+$y);
print("<br>".$x*$y);print("<br>".$x/$y);
print("<br>".$fname." ".$lname);

?>

</body>
</html>

Example 2 :
Input your information in one web page and display them in another web page.

Login Entry Form

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<html>
<head>
<title>Data Entry Form</title>
</head>
<body>

<FORM NAME ="form1" METHOD ="post" ACTION = "detailForm.php">


<table width="93%" border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><div align="center"><strong>Profile</strong></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="22%">Name</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="myname" type="text" id="myname" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Age</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="age" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="email" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Country</td>
<td colspan="3"><select name="country">
<option>Sri Lanka</option>
<option>Japan</option>
<option>India</option>
<option>Austrailia</option>
<option>Bangladesh</option>
<option>England</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Comments</td>
<td colspan="3"><textarea name="comments" cols="50" rows="5" id="comments"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td width="38%" colspan="2"><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
<td width="40%"><input name="reset" type="reset" value="Reset"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<p>&nbsp;</p></body></html>

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detailForm.php Output
<html>
<head>
<title>User Details Form</title>

<?PHP

$name = $_POST['myname'];
$age = $_POST['age'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$country = $_POST['country'];
echo ("<b>"."Hello! ".$name."</b>");
echo ("<br><br>"."You are ".$age." years old");
echo ("<br><br>"."Your email is ".$email);
echo ("<br><br>"."You commented our web site as : ".$comments);
echo ("<br><br>"."You are from ".$country);

?>
</head><body></body></html>

Example 3 :
Input more information in one web page and display them in another web page.

Login Entry Form

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<html><head><title>Data Entry Form</title></head><body>


<form action="detailForm2.php" method="post" name="form2">
<table width="59%" border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><div align="center"><strong>Profile</strong></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="16%">First Name</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="fname" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="lname" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Date of Birth</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="dob" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gender</td>
<td colspan="2"> <input type="radio" name="gen" value="male">
Male</td>
<td width="39%"><input name="gen" type="radio" value="female" checked>
Female </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Profession</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="profession" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="email" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>School / University</td>
<td colspan="3"><input name="school" type="text" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Country</td>
<td colspan="3"><select name="country">
<option>Sri Lanka</option>
<option>Japan</option>
<option>India</option>
<option>Austrailia</option>
<option>Bangladesh</option>
<option>England</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
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<tr>
<td>Comments</td>
<td colspan="3"><textarea name="comments" cols="50" rows="5" ></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hobbies</td>
<td width="24%"><input type="checkbox" name="h1" value="swimming">
Swimming </td>
<td width="21%"><input name="h2" type="checkbox" value="reading" checked>
Reading</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="h3" value="other">
Other</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2"><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
<td><input name="reset" type="reset" value="Reset"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</body></html>

detailForm2.php Output
<html><head>
<title>User Details Form</title>

<?PHP
$fname = $_POST['fname'];$lname = $_POST['lname'];
$dob = $_POST['dob'];$gen = $_POST['gen'];
$prof = $_POST['profession'];$email = $_POST['email'];
$school = $_POST['school'];$country =
$_POST['country'];$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$h1 = $_POST['h1'];$h2 = $_POST['h2'];$h3 = $_POST['h3'];

echo ("<b>"."Hello! ".$fname." ".$lname."</b>");


echo ("<br><br>"."Your Date of Birth was ".$dob);
if ($gen=='male'){
$gender='Gentleman';}
else{
$gender='Lady';}
echo ("<br><br>"."You are a cute ".$gender." and also a ".$prof);
echo ("<br><br>"."Your email is ".$email);
echo ("<br><br>"."You studied at ".$school." in ".$country);
echo ("<br><br>"."You commented our web site as : ".$comments);
echo ("<br><br>"."Your hobbies are :"."<br><br>".$h1."<br>".$h2."<br>".$h3);
?>
</head><body></body></html>
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PHP with MYSQL Database – Example

login.html

<html>
<body>
<form action="login.php" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2">
<h4>Login</h4>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
Login ID:
</td>
<td>
<input name="login" type="text" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">
Password:
</td>
<td>
<input name="password" type="password" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Login" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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login.php

<?php
$login=$_POST['login'];

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");


mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="SELECT * FROM person WHERE login = '$login'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();

$url = "login.html";
$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {
$password=mysql_result($result,$i,"password");
if ($password == $_POST['password']) {
$url = "index.php";
session_start();
$_SESSION = array();
$_SESSION["person_id"] = mysql_result($result,$i,"id");
$_SESSION["person_name"] = mysql_result($result,$i,"name");
break;
}
$i++;
}
?>

<html>
<body>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=<?php echo $url;?>">
</head>
</body>
</html>

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index.php

<?php
require_once("session.php");
?>

<html>
<body bgcolor="#9999FF">
Hello, <?php echo
$_SESSION["person_name"]; ?>
<br>
<table width="600">
<caption>
<h4><strong><font color="#0000CC">Address Book</font></strong></h4>
</caption>
<tr>
<td align="center"> <strong><A href="create.php">Create</A> </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"> <strong><A href="listall.php">List All</A> </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"> <strong><A href="search.php">Search</A> </strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

create.php
<?php
require_once("session.php");
?>

<html>
<body bgcolor="#66CC66">
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2"> <h4>Create a
Record</h4></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><strong> Login ID: </strong></td>
<td> <input name="login" type="text" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><strong> Password: </strong></td>
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<td> <input name="password" type="password" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><strong> Name: </strong></td>
<td> <input name="name" type="text" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><strong> Comment: </strong></td>
<td> <input name="comment" type="text" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><strong> E-Mail Address: </strong></td>
<td> <input name="mail" type="text" /> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> <div align="center">
<input type="submit" />
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form><A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A></body></html>

insert.php

<?php
require_once("session.php");

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

$login=$_POST['login'];
$password=$_POST['password'];
$name=$_POST['name'];
$comment=$_POST['comment'];
$mail=$_POST['mail'];

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");


mysql_select_db($database) or die("Unable to select database.");

$query = "INSERT INTO person VALUES (0,'$login','$password','$name','$comment','$mail')";


mysql_query($query) or die("Cannot execute query.");

mysql_close();
?>

<html>
<body>
<h4>Record Inserted.</h4>
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<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body></html>
listall.php

<?php
require_once("session.php");
?>

<html>
<body>
<table border="1" width="600">
<caption><h3>List All</h3></caption>
<tr>
<th align="center">Login ID</th>
<th align="center" width="200">Name</th>
<th align="center">Comment</th>
<th align="center">E-Mail Address</th>
<th>Delete</th>
</tr>

<?php
$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");//connect to the local


machine database using username, passwd
mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");//open database otherwise disp msg or exit
$query="SELECT * FROM person";// select all records having same user name and passwd
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result); //return the num of rows
mysql_close();

$i=0;
//loop the all the records
while ($i < $num) {
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//take off all fiealds
$id=mysql_result($result,$i,"id");
$login=mysql_result($result,$i,"login");
$name=mysql_result($result,$i,"name");
$comment=mysql_result($result,$i,"comment");
$mail=mysql_result($result,$i,"mail");

//output details
echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td><a href='edit.php?id=$id'>$login</a></td>\n"; //specify which user you edit by using ID
echo "<td>$name</td>\n";
echo "<td>$comment</td>\n";
echo "<td>$mail</td>\n";
echo "<td><a href='confirm.php?id=$id'>Delete</a></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";
$i++;
}
?>
</table>
<br>
<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body>
</html>

edit.php

<?php
require_once("session.php");
?>

<html>
<body>
<form action="update.php" method="post">
<table border="1" width="600">
<caption><h3>Edit</h3></caption>
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<?php
$id=$_GET['id'];

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");


mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="SELECT * FROM person WHERE id = $id";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();

$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {

$id=mysql_result($result,$i,"id");
$login=mysql_result($result,$i,"login");
$password=mysql_result($result,$i,"password");
$name=mysql_result($result,$i,"name");
$comment=mysql_result($result,$i,"comment");
$mail=mysql_result($result,$i,"mail");

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td align='right'>Login ID:</td>\n";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"login\" value=\"$login\"/></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td align='right'>Password:</td>\n";
echo "<td><input type=\"password\" name=\"password\" value=\"$password\"/></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td align='right'>Name:</td>\n";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" value=\"$name\"/></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td align='right'>Comment:</td>\n";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"comment\" value=\"$comment\"/></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td align='right'>E-Mail Address:</td>\n";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"mail\" value=\"$mail\"/></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";

echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name='id' value='$id'/>\n";


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$i++;
}
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" align="center">
<input type='submit' value='Update' />
</td>
</tr>
</form>

</table>
<br>
<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body></html>

update.php
<?php
require_once("session.php");

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

$id=$_POST['id'];
$login=$_POST['login'];
$password=$_POST['password'];
$name=$_POST['name'];
$comment=$_POST['comment'];
$mail=$_POST['mail'];

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");


mysql_select_db($database) or die("Unable to select database.");

$query="UPDATE person1 SET login='$login', password='$password', name='$name',


comment='$comment', mail='$mail' WHERE id = $id";
mysql_query($query) or die("Cannot execute query($query).");

mysql_close();
?>

<html>
<body>
<h4>Record updated.</h4>
<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body>
</html>

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delete.php
<?php
require_once("session.php");
?>

<?php
$id=$_POST['id'];

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");


mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="DELETE FROM person WHERE id = $id";
mysql_query($query) or die ("Cannot delete record($query).");
mysql_close();
?>

</form>
<html>
<body>
<h4>Record deleted.</h4>
<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body>
</html>
confirm.php

<?php
require_once("session.php");
?>

<html><body>
<form action="delete.php" method="post">
<table border="1" width="600">
<caption><h3>Is it OK to delete the following record?</h3></caption>
<tr>
<th align="center">Login ID</th>
<th align="center">Name</th>
<th align="center">Comment</th>
<th align="center">E-Mail Address</th>
</tr>
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<?php

$id=$_GET['id'];

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");


mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="SELECT * FROM person WHERE id = $id";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();

$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {

$id=mysql_result($result,$i,"id");
$login=mysql_result($result,$i,"login");
$name=mysql_result($result,$i,"name");
$comment=mysql_result($result,$i,"comment");
$mail=mysql_result($result,$i,"mail");

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td>$login</td>\n";
echo "<td>$name</td>\n";
echo "<td>$comment</td>\n";
echo "<td>$mail</td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name='id' value='$id'/>\n";
$i++;
}
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" align="center">
<input type='submit' value='Delete' />
</td>
</tr>
</form>

</table>
<br>
<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body></html>

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search.php

<?php
require_once("se
ssion.php");
?>

<html><body>
<form action="search.php" method="post">
<table border="1" width="800">
<caption><h3>Search</h3></caption>
<tr>
<td align="right">Name:</td>
<?php
$key=$_POST['key'];
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"key\" value=\"$key\"/></td>\n"
?>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<input type='submit' value='Search' />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

<table border="1" width="800">


<caption><h3>Search</h3></caption>
<tr>
<th align="center">Login ID</th>
<th align="center">Name</th>
<th align="center">Comment</th>
<th align="center">E-Mail Address</th>
<th>Delete</th>
</tr>

<?php
$id=$_POST['id'];

$username="root";
$pass="";
$database="contact";

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mysql_connect(localhost, $username, $pass) or die("Cannot connect to database.");
mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
$query="SELECT * FROM person";
if ($key != "") {
$query .= " WHERE name LIKE '%$key%'";
}
$result=mysql_query($query) or die("Cannot execute query($query).");
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();

$i=0;
while ($i < $num) {

$id=mysql_result($result,$i,"id");
$login=mysql_result($result,$i,"login");
$name=mysql_result($result,$i,"name");
$comment=mysql_result($result,$i,"comment");
$mail=mysql_result($result,$i,"mail");

echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td><a href='edit.php?id=$id'>$login</a></td>\n";
echo "<td>$name</td>\n";
echo "<td>$comment</td>\n";
echo "<td>$mail</td>\n";
echo "<td><a href='confirm.php?id=$id'>Delete</a></td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";
$i++;
}
?>
</table>
<br>
<A href="index.php">Goto the menu</A>
</body>
</html>
session.php

<?php
session_start();
// Check if session exists
if (!isset($_SESSION['person_id'])) {
header("Location:login.html");
exit();
}
?>

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MySQL

SQL is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases.

SQL stands for Structured Query Language

SQL is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard

What Can SQL do?

 SQL can execute queries against a database


 SQL can retrieve data from a database
 SQL can insert records in a database
 SQL can update records in a database
 SQL can delete records from a database
 SQL can create new databases
 SQL can create new tables in a database

RDBMS

 RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System.


 RDBMS is the basis for SQL, and for all modern database systems such as MS SQL
Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft Access.
 The data in RDBMS is stored in database objects called tables. A table is a collection of
related data entries and it consists of columns and rows.Also called records(rows) and
fields(columns).

Example for a database:- contacts

Tables of payroll system can be:- friends, relatives, others

Friends Table
Field names

ID Name Country Gender Email


1 Rangana Sri Lanka Female [email protected]
2 Geetha India Female [email protected]
3 Yoshi Japan Male [email protected] Record

Structure of the “Friends” Table

Field names Data Types & field Null Key


sizes
ID int no PRI
Name varchar (40) yes
Country varchar (20) yes
Gender varchar (6) yes
Email varchar (30) yes

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SQL data types

Numeric Data Types


 INT − A normal-sized integer that can be signed or unsigned. If signed, the allowable
range is from -2147483648 to 2147483647. If unsigned, the allowable range is from 0 to
4294967295. You can specify a width of up to 11 digits.

 TINYINT − A very small integer that can be signed or unsigned. If signed, the allowable
range is from -128 to 127. If unsigned, the allowable range is from 0 to 255. You can
specify a width of up to 4 digits.

 SMALLINT − A small integer that can be signed or unsigned. If signed, the allowable
range is from -32768 to 32767. If unsigned, the allowable range is from 0 to 65535. You
can specify a width of up to 5 digits.

 MEDIUMINT − A medium-sized integer that can be signed or unsigned. If signed, the


allowable range is from -8388608 to 8388607. If unsigned, the allowable range is from 0
to 16777215. You can specify a width of up to 9 digits.

 BIGINT − A large integer that can be signed or unsigned. If signed, the allowable range is
from -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807. If unsigned, the allowable range
is from 0 to 18446744073709551615. You can specify a width of up to 20 digits.

 FLOAT(M,D) − A floating-point number that cannot be unsigned. You can define the
display length (M) and the number of decimals (D). This is not required and will default to
10,2, where 2 is the number of decimals and 10 is the total number of digits (including
decimals). Decimal precision can go to 24 places for a FLOAT.

 DOUBLE(M,D) − A double precision floating-point number that cannot be unsigned. You


can define the display length (M) and the number of decimals (D). This is not required and
will default to 16,4, where 4 is the number of decimals. Decimal precision can go to 53
places for a DOUBLE. REAL is a synonym for DOUBLE.

 DECIMAL(M,D) − An unpacked floating-point number that cannot be unsigned. In the


unpacked decimals, each decimal corresponds to one byte. Defining the display length (M)
and the number of decimals (D) is required. NUMERIC is a synonym for DECIMAL.

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Date and Time Types
The MySQL date and time datatypes are as follows −

 DATE − A date in YYYY-MM-DD format, between 1000-01-01 and 9999-12-31. For


example, December 30th, 1973 would be stored as 1973-12-30.

 DATETIME − A date and time combination in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format,


between 1000-01-01 00:00:00 and 9999-12-31 23:59:59. For example, 3:30 in the
afternoon on December 30th, 1973 would be stored as 1973-12-30 15:30:00.

 TIMESTAMP − A timestamp between midnight, January 1st, 1970 and sometime in


2037. This looks like the previous DATETIME format, only without the hyphens
between numbers; 3:30 in the afternoon on December 30th, 1973 would be stored as
19731230153000 ( YYYYMMDDHHMMSS ).

 TIME − Stores the time in a HH:MM:SS format.

 YEAR(M) − Stores a year in a 2-digit or a 4-digit format. If the length is specified as 2


(for example YEAR(2)), YEAR can be between 1970 to 2069 (70 to 69). If the length is
specified as 4, then YEAR can be 1901 to 2155. The default length is 4.

String Types
 CHAR(M) − A fixed-length string between 1 and 255 characters in length (for example
CHAR(5)), right-padded with spaces to the specified length when stored. Defining a
length is not required, but the default is 1.

 VARCHAR(M) − A variable-length string between 1 and 255 characters in length. For


example, VARCHAR(25). You must define a length when creating a VARCHAR field.

 BLOB or TEXT − A field with a maximum length of 65535 characters. BLOBs are
"Binary Large Objects" and are used to store large amounts of binary data, such as
images or other types of files. Fields defined as TEXT also hold large amounts of data.
The difference between the two is that the sorts and comparisons on the stored data
are case sensitive on BLOBs and are not case sensitive in TEXT fields. You do not
specify a length with BLOB or TEXT.

 TINYBLOB or TINYTEXT − A BLOB or TEXT column with a maximum length of 255


characters. You do not specify a length with TINYBLOB or TINYTEXT.

 MEDIUMBLOB or MEDIUMTEXT − A BLOB or TEXT column with a maximum length


of 16777215 characters. You do not specify a length with MEDIUMBLOB or
MEDIUMTEXT.

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 LONGBLOB or LONGTEXT − A BLOB or TEXT column with a maximum length of
4294967295 characters. You do not specify a length with LONGBLOB or LONGTEXT.

 ENUM − An enumeration, which is a fancy term for list. When defining an ENUM, you
are creating a list of items from which the value must be selected (or it can be NULL).
For example, if you wanted your field to contain "A" or "B" or "C", you would define
your ENUM as ENUM ('A', 'B', 'C') and only those values (or NULL) could ever populate
that field.

MY SQL – commands

To see existing Databases

mysql>show databases;

Create New Database (database name is “contact”)

mysql>create database contact;


mysql>use contact;

Create New Table (table name is person)

mysql>create table person (id int not null auto_increment, login varchar(30), password varchar(15), name
varchar(30), comment varchar(255), email varchar(30), primary key (id));

To see existing Table in your database

mysql>show tables;

To see structure of the table

mysql>describe person;

Insert a record to the table “person”

mysql>insert into person values (0, ‘lal’, ‘123lal’, ‘Lalani Abenayaka’, ‘This web site is useful’,
‘[email protected]’);

See all records in the table “person”


mysql>select * from person;

Search records in the table “person”


mysql>select * from person where id=2;
mysql>select * from person where name=”kamani”;
mysql>select * from person where country=”Japan” and gender=”male”;
mysql>select * from person where country=”Japan” or country=”India”;
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Update records in the table “person”


mysql>update person set comment=”Very Good” where id=1;

Delete records in the table “person”


mysql>delete from person where id=2;

Sort data in a Table


mysql>select * from person order by name asc;
mysql>select * from person order by name desc;

Group records in a table to find sum, average, and count


mysql>select count(id) from person group by country;

To change the field size of a field


mysql>Alter table person modify name varchar(40);

To add field to a table


mysql>Alter table person add phone varchar(12);

Remove field from a table


mysql>Alter table person drop country;

Remove a table from the database


mysql>drop table person;

Remove database
mysql>drop database contact;

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