Connect to database code Mysqli

1st June 2013

MySql

MYSQLI WAY


<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "myDB";

// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

$sql = "SELECT id, firstname FROM MyGuests";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "id: " . $row['id'];
        echo "Name: " . $row["firstname"]. "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}
?>

<?php

$servername = "localhost";

$username = "username";

$password = "password";

$dbname = "myDB";

// Create connection

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection

if ($conn->connect_error) {

die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);

}

$sql = "SELECT id, firstname FROM MyGuests";

$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {

// output data of each row

while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {

echo "id: " . $row['id'];

echo "Name: " . $row["firstname"]. "<br>";

}

} else {

echo "0 results";

}

MYSQL WAY


<?php 
$conn = mysql_connect('hostname','dbuser','dbpassword'); 
if (!$conn) { 
	die('Could not connect to MySQL: ' . mysql_error()); 
} 

//get results 
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM clientcombine WHERE client='$client'");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
$rule = $row['rules'];
echo $rule;
}