Php & Mysql
PHP will work with virtually all database software, including Oracle and Sybase but most commonly used is freely available MySQL database.
What you should already have ?
- You have gone through MySQL tutorial to understand MySQL Basics.
- Downloaded and installed a latest version of MySQL.
- If you have not created a database then you would need root user and its password to create a database.
We have divided this chapter in the following section Learn how to use PHP to open and close a MySQL database connection.