Connect PHP to MySQL
How we can connect PHP to MySQL?
PHP 5 and later can work with a MySQL database using:
- MySQLi extension (the ‘i’ is abbreviation for improved)
- PDO (PHP Data Objects)
Which one should we use MySQLi or PDO?
Both MySQLi and PDO have their recompenses:
- PDO will work with 12 different database systems, whereas MySQLi will only work with MySQL databases.
- So, if you have to shift your project to use alternative database, PDO makes the process easy. You only have to change the connection string and a few queries. With MySQLi, you will need to rewrite the complete code — queries included.
- Both are object-oriented, but MySQLi also offers a procedural API.
In short, you can choose whichever you want if you want to stick to MySQL otherwise you should go with PDO.
Connection to MySQL using MySQLi
It can be done in two ways:
MySQLi Object-Oriented
PHP
<?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "username"; $password = "password"; // Connection $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password); // For checking if connection is // successful or not if ($conn->connect_error) { die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error); } echo "Connected successfully"; ?> |
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MySQLi Procedural
PHP
<?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "username"; $password = "password"; // Connection $conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password); // Check if conection is // Successful or not if (!$conn) { die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error()); } echo "Connected successfully"; ?> |
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Connection to MySQL using PDO
PHP
<?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "username"; $password = "password"; try { $conn = new PDO( "mysql:host=$servername;dbname=myDB", $username, $password); // Set the PDO error mode // to exception $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); echo "Connected successfully"; } catch(PDOException $e) { echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage(); } ?> |
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