How to connect to MySQL with PHP

<h1>MySQL Test Code Results</h1>

<tr>

<td>First Name</td>

</tr>

<?php

// Configuration Information and Definitions

$mysql_host = 'MySQL Server Name';

$mysql_user = 'DB Login';

$mysql_pass = 'DB Password';

$mysql_db = 'DB Name';

$query = 'SELECT * from table1';

$con = mysqli_connect($mysql_host, $mysql_user, $mysql_pass) or die("Connection to MySQL-server failed!");

mysqli_select_db($con, $mysql_db) or die("Selection of database $mysql_db failed!");

$result = mysqli_query($con, $query) or die("Invalid Query, " . mysql_error());

while( list( $pkid, $fname, $lname ) = mysqli_fetch_row($result) ) {

printf("<tr><td>%d</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>", $pkid, $fname, $lname);

}

</table>

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<b>End MySQL Test Code Results</b>

Article ID: 167, Created: July 25, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Modified: May 29, 2016 at 5:48 AM