MYSQL

Prepared By Fadi Sharif

MYSQL
 Very popular SQL-database
 Was developed by Swedish company MySQL AB

 In 2008 Sun Microsystems bought MySQL AB

 Both GNU GPL and Commercial Licence
 Now it’s owned by Oracle
 Has different UIs: CLI, WEB and GUI

 MySQL is used by Google, Wikipedia and Yahoo.

MYSQL TUTORIAL
 MySQL Tutorial can be found:
 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/tutorial.html
PHP AND MYSQL
PHP AND MYSQL
 PHP has functions that allow access to MySQL
Databases
 Access is very easy
 1. Connect
 2. Select Database
 3. Query
 4. Close connection
1. CONNECT
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user','mysql_password');
2. SELECT DATABASE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');

$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);
3. QUERY
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');

$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);

$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM table;", $link);

4. CLOSE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');

$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);

$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM table;", $link);

mysql_close($link);
MYSQL_QUERY
 INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP
 Returns true or false
 SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE, EXPLAIN
 Returns resource on success, false on error
 The returned resource should be passed to
mysql_fetch_array()
RETRIEVING TABLE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table;", $link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

{
echo($row[0]);
echo($row[1]);
}

mysql_close($link);
RETRIEVING TABLE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table;", $link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

{
echo($row["id"]);
echo($row["name"]);
}

mysql_close($link);
RETRIEVING TABLE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo', Default Value
$link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table;", $link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_BOTH))

{
echo($row[0]);
echo($row["name"]);
}

mysql_close($link);
RETRIEVING TABLE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table;", $link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM))

{
echo($row[0]); // Only number indices
echo($row[1]);
}

mysql_close($link);
RETRIEVING TABLE
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');
$db_selected = mysql_select_db('foo',
$link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table;", $link);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))

{
echo($row["id"]); // Only associative indices
echo($row["name"]);
}

mysql_close($link);
ERROR HANDLING
 Every function in the previous code examples could fail
 Connection can fail, sql query can fail etc.
 Usually you exit the script when DB fails.
 With exit($status) – function, you can stop the execution
of the script.
EXAMPLE OF ERROR HANDLING 1
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password');
if( ! $link )
{
exit("Error connecting to database");
}
EXAMPLE OF ERROR HANDLING 2
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_server',
'mysql_user',
'mysql_password')
or exit("Error connecting to database");
DESIGNING WEB APPLICATION
WITH DB CONNECTION
CONFIGURATION FILES FOR DB
 Create special configuration file for Database
configuration.
 This file should have constants just for the database
connection
 You could name it conf/database.php
EXAMPLE OF CONF/DATABASE.PHP
<?php
/**
* database.php - holds necessary constants for database connection
*
* Copyright information
*
*
*
* License
*
* Here should be the license...
*
*/

define("MYSQL_HOST", ”localhost");
define("MYSQL_USER", ”root");
define("MYSQL_PASSWD", ”root");
define("MYSQL_DB", ”test");

// End of file
?>