PHP MySQL Connect to a Database

Описание: My new PHP tutorial: How to connect to MySQL database in PHP. In this lesson we will learn the very basics. When I started recording this tutorial I thought that the first one in the series should assume that PHP and MySQL are already installed. And this PHP tutorial for beginners would simply cover connecting to mysql database using PHP.

NOTE: PHP and MySQL development have been around since late 90's. This tutorial uses a MySQL extension deprecated as of PHP5.5. It will still work in PHP version 5.5 and less, however it will be completely removed in future versions of PHP.

In my following tutorials I will explain how to connect to MySQL with PHP using mysqli (mysql improved extension) and PDO extension.

This one is a good start because it's very simple. Just keep in mind that it's probably not a good idea to continue using it in future projects running PHP 6,7 or greater.