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Unit2 (Second)

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PHP Connection with MySql

PHP Connect to MySQL

PHP 5 and later can work with a MySQL


database using:
MySQLi extension (the "i" stands for
improved)
PDO (PHP Data Objects)
Earlier versions of PHP used the MySQL
extension. However, this extension was
deprecated in 2012.
Should I Use MySQLi or PDO?

If you need a short answer, it would be "Whatever you like".


Both MySQLi and PDO have their advantages:
PDO will work on 12 different database systems, whereas
MySQLi will only work with MySQL databases.
So, if you have to switch your project to use another
database, PDO makes the process easy. You only have to
change the connection string and a few queries. With MySQLi,
you will need to rewrite the entire code - queries included.
Both are object-oriented, but MySQLi also offers a procedural
API.
Both support Prepared Statements. Prepared Statements
protect from SQL injection, and are very important for web
application security.
There are three ways of working with
MySQL and PHP
• MySQLi (object-oriented)
• MySQLi (procedural)
• PDO
Using MySQLi object-oriented procedure:

We can use the MySQLi


object-oriented
procedure to establish a
connection to MySQL
database from a PHP
script.
Example
<?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "username";
$password = "password";
// Creating connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Checking connection
if ($conn->connect_error)
{
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
echo "Connected successfully"; ?>
Explanation:
We can create an instance of the mysqli class
providing all the necessary details required to
establish the connection such as host,
username, password etc. If the instance is
created successfully then the connection is
successful otherwise there is some error in
establishing connection.
Using MySQLi procedural procedure 

There is also a procedural approach of MySQLi


to establish a connection to MySQL database
from a PHP script as described below.
• <?php $servername = "localhost"; $username =
"username"; $password = "password";
• // Creating connection
• $conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username,
$password);
• // Checking connection
• if (!$conn)
• {
• die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error()); }
• echo "Connected successfully"; ?>
Explanation
• In MySQLi procedural approach instead of creating
an instance we can use the mysqli_connect()
function available in PHP to establish a connection.
This function takes the information as arguments
such as host, username , password , database name
etc. This function returns MySQL link identifier on
successful connecction or FALSE when failed to
establish a connection.
Using PDO procedure:
• PDO stands for PHP Data Objects. That is, in
this method we connect to the database using
data objects in PHP as described below:
<?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "username"; $password
= "password";
try
{
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=myDB", $username,
$password);
// setting the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo "Connected successfully"; }
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage(); } ?>
Explanation:
The exception class in PDO is used to handle
any problems that may occur in our database
queries. If an exception is thrown within the
try{ } block, the script stops executing and
flows directly to the first catch(){ } block
Closing A Connection

When we establish a connection to MySQL database from a


PHP script , we should also disconnect or close the connection
when our work is finished. Here we have described the syntax
of closing the connection to a MySQL database in all 3
methods described above. We have assumed that the
reference to the connection is stored in $conn variable.
– Using MySQLi object oriented procedure
Syntax$conn->close();
– Using MySQLi procedural procedure
Syntaxmysqli_close($conn);
– Using PDO procedure
Syntax$conn = null;

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