This will show you how to connect to mysql database. It's easy to write a script to connect to world's most
popular open source database.
Syntax
mysql_connect("host", "username", "password")or die("cannot connect to server");
Overview
Remember to use your database name which is your userid for the Database below
* host="localhost" you don't have to change it. When it's on your computer or server it still be localhost
Username = henry123
Password = 1234
Database = test
Example
$host="localhost";
$username=" henry123";
$password="1234";
$db_name="test";
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect to server");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select db");
or
mysql_connect("localhost", " henry123", "1234")or die("cannot connect to server");
mysql_select_db("test ")or die("cannot select db");
Creating file config.php
$host="localhost";
$username=" henry123";
$password="1234";
$db_name="test";
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect to server");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select db");
Save this code as file "config.php", connect.php or whatever you want. When you want to use this code include
it to your main php file
Example
<?php
include("config.php");
$tbl_name="member";
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
...
?>