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Connecting MySQL with PHP

Dr. Ali Allam Web Programming (BIS317E)


Open a DB connection with PHP code

 In the previous lesson, you created a simple database, and learned how to
add and retrieve the records, using phpMyAdmin.
 In this lesson, you’ll learn how to manipulate the database you've created
using PHP code, though.
 Using PHP code, you must open a connection to the database. Once the
connection is open, you can then manipulate its contents (i.e. retrieve, add,
delete, update).
 First, a database connection has to be opened, before you can do anything
with it.
Open a DB connection with PHP code

 As its name implies, the inbuilt PHP function mysqli_connect( ) opens


a connection to your MySQL database.
 We should specify the four following parameters to open a
connection to a database:
 Server
 Username
 Password
 Database
Open a DB connection with PHP code

 Syntax:
mysqli_connect (server, username, password, database);
 In our database case, the following values are passed to the
mysqli_connect function:
<html>
 Server → localhost or 127.0.0.1 <body>
<?php
 Username → root mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "ali db");
 Password → (no password) ?>
</body>
 Database → ali db </html>
Open a DB connection with PHP code
 That’s it. Your PHP webpage is now connected to your MySQL database!
 However, it may be a good idea to get a feedback whether you are really
connected or not. So, we will modify the previous code to get a feedback.

<html><body>
<?php
$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "ali db");
if($conn==TRUE)
echo "Successfully connected to the database.";
else
echo "Failed to connect to the database!";
?>
</body></html>
Adding a record to the Department table
Add a record to the Department table

 First, you should create a form to input the values of the record.
<html>
<body>
<form action="add_dep.php">
Department Number <input type="text" name="depno"><br>
Department Name <input type="text" name="depname"><br>
Location <input type="text" name="location"><br>
Phone Extension <input type="text" name="phone"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Add Department">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Next, you should connect to the DB, and insert
these values into the Department table.
<html><body>
<?php
$num = $_GET["depno"];
$name = $_GET["depname"];
$loc = $_GET["location"];
$phone = $_GET["phone"];
$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "ali db");
if($conn==TRUE)
echo "Successfully connected to the database.<br>";
else {
echo "Error. Connection failed!<br>";
die(); } //stop the program. there is no need to continue
$stmt = "INSERT INTO `department` (`Dept Num`, `Name`, `Location`, `Phone Ext`) VALUES ('$num', '$name',
'$loc', '$phone')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $stmt);
if($result==FALSE)
echo "Error. $name department was not added";
else
echo "$name department was successfully added";
?>
</body></html>
Let’s do that again in a bit different way
Adding records to the Department table

 Suppose that we want to add all the departments at one time, rather than
adding one department at a time.

<html>
<body>
<form action="input.php">
<h3> Enter the number of departments </h3>
<input type="text" name="num">
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Adding records to the Department table
<html><body>
<form action="add_dep2.php">
<table><tr><th>Number</th> <th>Name</th>
<th>Location</th> <th>Phone</th> </tr>
<?php
$num = $_GET["num"];
for($i=1; $i<=$num; $i++)
echo"<tr><td><input type=text name=depno[]></td>
<td><input type=text name=depname[]></td>
<td><input type=text name=location[]></td>
<td><input type=text name=phone[]></td></tr>";
?>
<tr><td><input type="submit"></td></tr>
</table></form>
</body></html>
Adding records to the Department table
<?php
$num = $_GET["depno"];
$name = $_GET["depname"];
$loc = $_GET["location"];
$phone = $_GET["phone"];
$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "ali db");
for($i=0; $i<count($num); $i++)
{
$stmt = "INSERT INTO `department` (`Dept Num`, `Name`, `Location`,
`Phone Ext`) VALUES ('$num[$i]', '$name[$i]', '$loc[$i]', '$phone[$i]')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $stmt);
if($result==TRUE)
echo "$name[$i] department was added<br>";
}
?>
Adding a record to the Employee table
<html>
<body>
<form action="add_emp.php" method="post">
Employee ID <input type="text" name="empid"><br>
Full Name <input type="text" name="fullname"><br>
Username <input type="text" name="user"><br>
Password <input type="password" name="pwd1"><br>
Confirm Password <input type="password" name="pwd2"><br>
Gender <input type="radio" name="gen" value="Male" checked>Male
<input type="radio" name="gen" value="Female">Female<br>
Salary <input type="text" name="salary"><br>
Department <select name="department">
<option value="101">Finance</option>
<option value="201">Marketing</option>
<option value="301">Human Resources</option>
<option value="401">Technical Support</option></select><br>
<input type="submit" value="Add Employee"><input type="reset">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
$id = $_POST["empid"];
$name = $_POST["fullname"];
$user = $_POST["user"];
$pwd1 = $_POST["pwd1"];
$pwd2 = $_POST["pwd2"];
$gen = $_POST["gen"];
$salary = $_POST["salary"];
$dept = $_POST["department"];
if ($pwd1 != $pwd2)
{ echo "Error. Passwords mismatch";
die(); }
$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "ali db");
$stmt = "INSERT INTO `employee` (`empid`, `name`, `username`, `password`, `salary`, `gender`, `deptno`)
VALUES ('$id', '$name', '$user', '$pwd1', '$salary', '$gen', '$dept')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $stmt);
if($result==FALSE)
echo "Error. $name was not added";
else
echo "$name was successfully added";
?>
Add a record to the Employee table

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