PHP Reference.
PHP MySQL Database functions.
A (hopefully useful) list of some common PHP MySQL functions, what they do, and an example usage.
FUNCTION | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLE |
---|---|---|
mysql_connect() | Creates a database connection | mysql_connect( "mysql_server_hostname", "user", "passwd"); |
mysql_pconnect() | Creates a persistant database connection | mysql_pconnect( "mysql_server_hostname", "user", "passwd"); |
mysql_select_db() | Selects the database to connect to. | mysql_select_db( "DB_name") |
mysql_query() | Contains the SQL query. | $query= mysql_query( "SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE Name='$somename'") |
mysql_fetch_row() | fetches a row into an array | $array = mysql_fetch_row( $result ) |
mysql_fetch_array() | Fetches the requested data into an associative or numeric array. | while ($row= mysql_fetch_array( $result )) |
mysql_num_rows() | Returns the number of rows returned. | $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($query); |
mysql_create_db() | Create a Database. | mysql_create_db( "DB_name"); |
mysql_drop_db() | Delete a Database. | mysql_drop_db( "DB_name"); |
mysql_free_result() | Frees memory identified with the result identifier. (Usually not necessary). | mysql_free_result( $result ); |
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