PHP Programming Basics Practice Test: Working With Databases in PHP — Flashcards

PHP can be used to connect to databases using the XAMPP web server, which is lightweight and can be used for website development.

Here are some steps to retrieve data from a database in PHP:
Establish a connection with the server
Select the database
Execute the MySQL select query
Display the fetched data
Close the connection with the server

Here are some examples of code to retrieve data from a database:
Fetch data from a table named "employee" in a database named "company": `$connection = mysql_connect(``localhost'', ``root'', ``''); 
$db = mysql_select_db(``company'', $connection);
$query = mysql_query(``select * from employee'', $connection);
Name: <?php echo $row1('employee_name'); ?>
E-mail: <?php echo $row1('employee_email'); ?>
mysql_close($connection);`
Create a database: phpmyadmin database
Create a folder named ``demo'' inside htdocs: register.php