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PHP Mysql Example: Display Table As HTML: 'Localhost' 'Root' 'Lptm42B' 'Sphinx' 'Spheres'

This PHP script uses MySQL functions to connect to a database, select a table, and output the entire table as an HTML table. It connects to the MySQL server, selects the specified database and table, retrieves field and row data using MySQL functions, and outputs it row by row within <table> tags. The script demonstrates how to connect to a MySQL database, retrieve data from a table, and display it in HTML format.

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45 views

PHP Mysql Example: Display Table As HTML: 'Localhost' 'Root' 'Lptm42B' 'Sphinx' 'Spheres'

This PHP script uses MySQL functions to connect to a database, select a table, and output the entire table as an HTML table. It connects to the MySQL server, selects the specified database and table, retrieves field and row data using MySQL functions, and outputs it row by row within <table> tags. The script demonstrates how to connect to a MySQL database, retrieve data from a table, and display it in HTML format.

Uploaded by

Nebojsa Zdravkovic
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
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Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
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PHP MySQL example: display table as

HTML
abstract
This example use MySQL functions from PHP to display full MySQL table(every column and
every row) as HTML.
compatible
PHP 3, 4
PHP 5
We use following MySQL functions in this example:

mysql_connect - connects to MySQL server


mysql_select_db - select database

mysql_query - send query

mysql_num_fields - get number of fields

mysql_fetch_field - get field information

mysql_query - send query

mysql_fetch_row - get current row from result table

mysql_free_result - free result table from memory

You can get help on this functions typing "php function-name" in any good search engine
Before using following sample, change varibales ($db_host, $db_user, $db_pwd, $database,
$table) to your MySQL / database settings
source code: php
<html><head><title>MySQL Table Viewer</title></head><body>
<?php
$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_user = 'root';
$db_pwd = 'lptm42b';
$database = 'sphinx';
$table = 'spheres';
if (!mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pwd))
die("Can't connect to database");
if (!mysql_select_db($database))
die("Can't select database");
// sending query

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM {$table}");


if (!$result) {
die("Query to show fields from table failed");
}
$fields_num = mysql_num_fields($result);
echo "<h1>Table: {$table}</h1>";
echo "<table border='1'><tr>";
// printing table headers
for($i=0; $i<$fields_num; $i++)
{
$field = mysql_fetch_field($result);
echo "<td>{$field->name}</td>";
}
echo "</tr>\n";
// printing table rows
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
// $row is array... foreach( .. ) puts every element
// of $row to $cell variable
foreach($row as $cell)
echo "<td>$cell</td>";
echo "</tr>\n";
}
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
</body></html>

warning
This example may work wrong with some strange column data (for example, binary BLOB).
It show column data as it receives it from MySQL
tested
FreeBSD 5.2 :: PHP 5.1.4
Linux CentOS 4.0 :: PHP 5.1.5

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