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