UNIT – V
QUESTION BANK
Long Answer Questions ( 10M ):
1. Explain the Procedure to connect MySQL with PHP.
Ans: XAMPP is a popular software package that includes Apache, MYSQL, PHP, and
Perl. To connect MYSQL with PHP using XAMPP.
Follow these steps:
Install XAMPP:
i.) Download XAMPP:
Get the latest version of xampp from the official website.
ii.) Install XAMPP:
Follow the installation instructions provided for your operating systems
( Windows, macOS, Linux ).
Start XAMPP and MYSQL:
i.) Start Xampp:
Open the “ XAMPP Control Panel “ and start the “ Apache and MYSQL
“ modules.
ii.) Access “ phpMyAdmin”:
• Open your web browser and navigate to “ http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/”.
Or “ localhost:1234”.
• This interface allows you to manage MYSQL databases.
NOTE:
XAMPP -> Open Apache, MYSQL -> in ‘ Google Chrome ‘ Enter
“ localhost:1234 “ -> Open ‘phpMyAdmin’ -> Create ‘new’ database ( Give the
name of the database ) -> Create table [ Enter size of the column; how many
columns you required ] -> Select the datatype names of the columns -> insert
values of the given columns -> Enter “ go “.
PHP Connection Code:
Create a PHP file [ e.g. ‘connect_mysql.php’ ] and use the following code to connect MYSQL.
Source Code:
<?php
$servername = “localhost”; // Server name
$username = “root”; // Default username for XAMPP MYSQL
$password = “ “; // Default password for XAMPP MYSQL ( Empty by default )
$dbname = “myDB”; // Replace with your database name
// Create Connection
$conn = new mysqli( $servername, $username, $password, $dbname );
// Check Connection
If($conn->connect_error)
die( “Connection failed: “.$conn->connect_error );
echo “Connected Successfully”;
// Perform database operations or queries here
// For Example
// $sql = “ SELECT *from your_table_name “;
// $result = $conn->query($sql);
$sql = “create table student( s_id int(10), s_name varchar(20), s_age(5))”;
if($conn->query($sql)===TRUE)
echo “ Student table created successfully”;
else
{
Echo “ error creating table: “.$conn->error;
$conn->close();
?>
Output:
Student table created successfully
Working with MYSQL Data:
a.) Inserting Data with PHP
After a database and a table have been created, we can start adding data in them.
Here are some syntax rules to follow:
• The SQL Query must be quoted in PHP.
• String values inside the SQL query must be quoted.
• Numeric values must not be quoted.
• The word NULL must not be quoted.
The INSERT INTO statement is used to add new records to a MYSQL table:
Syntax:
INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, …….)VALUES (value1, value2,……);
Example:
<?php
$servername= "localhost";
$username= "root";
$password= "";
$dbname = "myDB";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
$sql = "INSERT INTO student(s_id, s_name, s_age)
VALUES (100, 'Naga', 23)";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo "New record created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
$conn->close();
?>
b.) Retrieving Data with PHP:
The SELECT statement is used to select data from one or more tables:
Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name;
Or we can use the * character to select ALL columns from a table:
Syntax:
SELECT * FROM table_name;
Example:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = " ";
$dbname = "myDB";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
$sql = "SELECT s_id,s_name, s_age FROM student";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "s_id: " . $row["s_id"]. " - Name: " . $row["s_name"]. " " . $row["s_age"]. "<br>";
} else {
echo "0 results";
$conn->close();
?>
Output:
S_id S_name S_age
100 Naga 23
101 Rani 24
102 Radha 22
c) Deleting Data from MYSQL:
The DELETE statement is used to delete records from a table:
Syntax:
Delete from table_name; // delete entire table data
( Or )
Delete from table_name where column_name= data; // to delete particular/specified column
Notice the WHERE clause in the DELETE syntax: The WHERE clause specifies which
record or records that should be deleted. If you omit the WHERE clause, all records will be
deleted!
Let's look at the " student " table:
S_id S_name S_age
100 Naga 23
101 Rani 24
102 Radha 22
Example:
The following examples delete the record with s_id=101 in the "student" table:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = " ";
$dbname = "myDB";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
// sql to delete a record
$sql = "DELETE FROM student WHERE s_id=101";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo "Record deleted successfully";
} else {
echo "Error deleting record: " . $conn->error;
$conn->close();
?>
Output:
Record deleted successfully
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Very Short Answer Questions(2M)
1. How will you connect to a MySQL database using PHP?
Ans: XAMPP -> Open Apache, MYSQL -> in ‘ Google Chrome ‘ Enter
“ localhost:1234 “ -> Open ‘phpMyAdmin’ -> Create ‘new’ database ( Give the
name of the database ) -> Create table [ Enter size of the column; how many
columns you required ] -> Select the datatype names of the columns -> insert
values of the given columns -> Enter “ go “.
2. Which PHP Functions counts the number of records in a
resultset.
Ans: In PHP, to count the number of records in a result set, you can use the
mysqli_num_rows() function if you are using MySQLi (MySQL Improved) extension to
interact with a MySQL database. This function returns the number of rows in a result set
obtained from a query.
Syntax:
mysqli_num_rows(result);
Parameter Values
Parameter Description
Result Required. Specifies a result set identifier
returned by mysqli_query(),
mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result()
3. What function retrieves the text of a MYSQL error message.
Ans: In MySQL, you can retrieve the text of a MySQL error message using the
mysqli_error() function in PHP. This function returns a string description of the last error that
occurred during the MySQL connection.
Syntax:
mysqli_error(connection)
( OR )
$mysqli -> error
