How to connect php to mysql database?

Question

I\'m making a search engine for a website and I\'ve never used PHP before and I have been trying to connect my webpage to a mysql database using this code:

Answer 1

This is explained at http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php

You should use one of the extensions: MySQLi or PDO_MySQL

With MySQLi you basically add an i to the new version of your code (do not use the old code) further information can be found here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysqli-connect.php. Otherwise please look at http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.construct.php

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

here you go, using PDO.

define("SQLHOST", "127.0.0.1");
define("SQLUSER", "login");
define("SQLPASS", "password");
define("SQLSGBD", "database");

$conn = new PDO('mysql:host=' . SQLHOST . ';dbname=' . SQLSGBD . ';charset=UTF8', SQLUSER, SQLPASS);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$sql1 = 'SELECT * FROM table where field1=?';
$stmt1 = $conn->prepare($sql1);

$field1="test";
$stmt1->bindParam(1, $field1, PDO::PARAM_STR);

try {
    $stmt1->execute();
    $result = $stmt1->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    if ($showError === true) {
        var_dump("error query 1:" . __LINE__ . "-------" . __FUNCTION__ . "-------" . $e->getMessage());
        exit;
    }
}