Insert data from one table to another table using PHP

In this article, we are going to insert data into another table from the existing table using PHP.

Requirements:

• XAMPP Webserver

PHP stands for Hypertext preprocessor. MySQL is a database query language for performing database operations. We are going to insert data from one table into another table by using MySQL Server.

MySQL server is an open-source relational database management system that is used for web applications.

• Insert query syntax:

  insert table_2 select * from table_1.

Follow the below Steps:

• Open XAMPP server and start Apache and MySQL.
• Open your browser and type “localhost/phpmyadmin”. Create a database named “geeks_database”
  
• Now create a table named table1 with 4 columns and click on save.
  
• Now open the SQL column in the database server and insert records into it.
  

  MySQL code: The following are the SQL statements to insert data in table1.

  INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES (‘sravan’,’kakumanu’,’india’,’guntur’);
  INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES (‘sudheer’,’chebrolu’,’india’,’guntur’);
  INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES (‘vani’,’kakumanu’,’india’,’guntur’);
  INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES (‘radha’,’tenali’,’india’,’guntur’);

  Output: The table1 includes the following data.

  

• Write create table2 in XAMPP SQL server in the same database geeks_database

• Now insert records in table 2 using PHP code from table1.

  PHP Code:

  PHP

  <?php
  // creating a connection by passing server name,
  // username, password and database name
  // servername=localhost
  // username=root
  // password=empty
  // database name= geeks_database
  $connection_link = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "","geeks_database");
  
  if ($connection_link === false) {
      die("ERROR: Not connected. ".$connection_link->connect_error);
  }
  
  //sql query to perform copying data from one table to another
  $sql_query  =  "insert table2 select * from table1";
      if ($connection_link->query($sql_query) === true)
  {
      echo "Data Copied Successfully.";
  }
  else
  {
      echo "ERROR: Could not able to proceed $sql_query. "
          .$connection_link->error;
  }
  
  // Close the  connection
  $connection_link->close();
  ?>
• Save this code as copying_data.php under xampp->htdocs folder.
  

• Output:

  • Open web browser and type “http://localhost/copying_data.php“.
    

    data copied image

  • Finally, view your table2. The data is copied from table1 successfully.