This should get you started if you’re looking to connect to MySQL database.
Requires a simple configuration file where you keep all your variables (user/password/etc, like SITEDB_HOSTNAME).
To connect, just drop these lines in the code
require('mysqlClass.php'); $db = new mysqlClass(); $mystuff = $db->getStuff();
mysqlClass source:
class mysqlClass { public $_Link; // Construct: Open SQL public function __construct() { $this->_Link = mysql_connect(SITEDB_HOSTNAME, SITEDB_USERNAME, SITEDB_PASSWORD); mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'"); $db = mysql_select_db(SITEDB_DATABASE); if(!$this->_Link) $this->callError("Server connection error: " . SITEDB_HOSTNAME . "."); if(!$db) $this->callError("Database open error: " . SITEDB_DATABASE . "."); } // Destruct: Close SQL public function __destruct() { mysql_close($this->_Link); } // Update sample public function updateStuff($stuff, $id){ $sql = sprintf(" UPDATE stuff SET stuff = '%s' WHERE id = %d ", mysql_real_escape_string($stuff), mysql_real_escape_string($id) ); $result = mysql_query($sql, $this->_Link); if(!$result) $this->callError("Update Error: " . $sql); } //Insert Sample public function insertStuff($stuff){ $sql = sprintf(" INSERT INTO stuff (stuff) VALUES ('%s'); ", mysql_real_escape_string($stuff) ); mysql_query($sql) or $this->callError("Insert Error"); return mysql_insert_id(); } // Select Sample public function getStuff(){ $sql = sprintf(" SELECT * FROM stuff "); $result = mysql_query($sql, $this->_Link); if(!$result) $this->callError("Result error: " . $sql); $queryresult = array(); while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) { $queryresult[] = $row; } mysql_free_result($result); return $queryresult; } // Show SQL errors function callError($details='') { echo 'Database Error: ' . $details . ' Error: ' . mysql_error(); } }
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this helped me out alot! was stuck on this for a while.