Chapter 18. Interacting with MySQL Using PHP

Now that you've learned the basics of PHP as well as the basics of working with MySQL, you're ready to make the two interact. Think of PHP as a conduit to MySQLthe commands you learned in the previous chapter are the same commands that you will send to MySQL in this chapter, only this time you'll send them with PHP. In this chapter, you will learn

• How to connect to MySQL using PHP

• How to insert and select data through PHP scripts