1. Web Design and Development
Lecture # 09
DB Connection and Data Insertion
Instructor: Rida Noor
Department of Computer Science

2. Three Layered Architecture*
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Three Layered Architecture
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3. Three Layered Architecture

4. Create Database and Table in WAMP or XAMPP*
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Create Database and Table in WAMP or XAMPP
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5. Create a Database Start Apache and MySQL services on XAMPP.*
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Start Apache and MySQL services on XAMPP.
Press Admin as pointed in image to go to phpMyAdmin.
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6. Create a Database *
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7. Create a Database Enter Database name and press create button. *
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Enter Database name and press create button.
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8. Create a Database *
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Enter Database name ‘testdb’ and press create button.
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9. Create a Table *
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Enter table name ‘tbl_registration’ , number of fields ‘6’ and press GO button to create table .
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10. Create a Table *
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Enter following fields and their types. Enter length of each field except for fld_date. Select CURRENT_TIMESTAMP value for fld_date in Default column.
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11. Create a Table *
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Check the checkbox of A_I that is auto-increament for fld_reg_id press SAVE button.
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12. Create a Table Here you can see the table you have created. * 07/16/96
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13. PHP Connect to MySQL * 07/16/96
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14. Why to establish a connection?*
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Why to establish a connection?
You should establish a connection to the MySQL database.
This is an extremely important step because if your script cannot connect to its database, your queries to the database will fail.
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15. How to establish a connection?*
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Create a new php file in Dreamweaver and save it as “connection.php”.
Add following code in connection.php file.
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16. Connection Elements $servername ="your_ servername";*
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$servername ="your_ servername";
$username="your_username";
$password="your_password";
$database="your_database_name";
You should replace "your_servername“, "your_username", "your_password" and "your_database_name" with the your MySQL servername, username, password and database that will be used by your script.
At this point you may be wondering if it is a security risk to keep your password in the file.
You don't need to worry because the PHP source code is processed by the server before being sent to the browser. So the visitor will not see the script's code in the page source.
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17. Create Connection *
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Next you should connect your PHP script to the database. This can be done with the new mysqli PHP function:
// Create connection
new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $database);
This line tells PHP to connect to the MySQL database server at 'localhost' (localhost is the MySQL server which usually runs on the same physical server as your script).
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18. Check Connection *
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After the connection is established you should check whether the connection has been established or not.
This can be completed through the following command:
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error()); }
else
echo "Connected successfully";
This line checks if connection has not been established it will show an error otherwise it will show success message.
‘die’ provides debugging functionality.
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19. Why to Close Connection ???*
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The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection before, use the following:
// Close connection
mysqli_close($conn);
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20. PHP Insert Static Data Into MySQL*
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PHP Insert Static Data Into MySQL
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21. PHP Insert Data Into MySQL*
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After a database and a table have been created, and connection has been established, we can start adding data in table.
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, column3,...) VALUES (value1, value2, value3,...)
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22. PHP Insert Data Into MySQL*
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In the start of this lecture we created a empty table named "tbl_registration" with six columns: “fld_reg_id”, “fld_ ”, “fld_password”, “fld_firstname”, “fld_lastname” and “fld_date”. Now, let us fill the table with data.
Note: If a column is AUTO_INCREMENT (like the " fld_reg_id " column) or TIMESTAMP (like the "fld_date" column), it is no need to be specified in the SQL query; MySQL will automatically add the value.
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23. PHP Insert Data Into MySQL*
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Create a new PHP page in Dreamweaver and save its as “signUp.php”.
Write following code in signUp.php page.
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24. Include Connection File*
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You can write connection code in each php page to connect PHP to MySQL. But this is not a better approach.
A better approach is to make one connection file and include that connection file through a single statement as written below in each page instead of writing entire code.
// Include connection
include 'connection.php';
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25. Insert Statement *
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Following SQL statement inserts data or record into table.
// Insert Query
$sql = "INSERT INTO tbl_registration (fld_ , fld_password, fld_firstname, fld_lastname)
VALUES 'abc123', 'John', 'Doe')";
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26. Check Insertion *
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Following statement checks whether data has been added successfully or not.
//Check Insertion
if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
echo "New record created successfully"; }
else
echo "Error: " . mysqli_error($conn);
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27. Close Connection *
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The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection before, use the following:
// Close connection
mysqli_close($conn);
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28. How to Insert Data Through HTML Form?*
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How to Insert Data Through HTML Form?
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29. Html Design View of Form*
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Create an html page in Dreamweaver and save it as “signUp.html”. Design following layout:
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30. Html Code View of Form *
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Go to Code View of form and change names of textfileds, action and method attributes as follow:
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31. Insert Data Using Form Into MySQL*
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Create a new PHP page in Dreamweaver and save its as “signUp.php”.
Write following code in signUp.php page.
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