MySQL extension overview example

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## MySQL extension overview example

This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print resulting rows and disconnect from a MySQL database.

Example #1 MySQL extension overview example

    <?php
    // Connecting, selecting database
    $link = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')
        or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
    echo 'Connected successfully';
    mysql_select_db('my_database') or die('Could not select database');

    // Performing SQL query
    $query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table';
    $result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

    // Printing results in HTML
    echo "<table>\n";
    while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
        echo "\t<tr>\n";
        foreach ($line as $col_value) {
            echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
        }
        echo "\t</tr>\n";
    }
    echo "</table>\n";

    // Free resultset
    mysql_free_result($result);

    // Closing connection
    mysql_close($link);
    ?>