PHP Form Handling: Get vs. Post

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PHP Form handling

GET vs. POST
Html (POST)
<html>
<body>
<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Welcome.php
<html>
<body>
Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>

Your email address is: <?php echo $_POST["email"]; ?>
</body>
</html>
Html (GET)
<html>
<body>
<form action="welcome_get.php" method="get">

Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Welcome.php
<html>
<body>
Welcome <?php echo $_GET["name"]; ?><br>

Your email address is: <?php echo $_GET["email"]; ?>
</body>
</html>
PHP Connect to MySQL

PHP 5 and later can work with a MySQL database using:
1. MySQLi extension (the "i" stands for improved)

2. PDO (PHP Data Objects)
MySQLi Object-Oriented
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
echo "Connected successfully";
?>
MySQLi Procedural
<?php
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$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
?>
PDO
<?php
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=myDB", $username,
$password);
// set the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
Close the Connection

$conn->close(); //Object Oriented
mysqli_close($conn);//Procedural
$conn = null; //PDO
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PHP Create a MySQL Database
Object Oriented
<?php
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
}
// Create database
$sql = "CREATE DATABASE myDB";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo "Database created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error creating database: " . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
Procedural
<?php
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
}
// Create database
$sql = "CREATE DATABASE myDB";
if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
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echo "Database created successfully";

} else {
echo "Error creating database: " . mysqli_error($conn);
}
mysqli_close($conn);
?>
Create MySQL Tables
Object Oriented
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
}
// sql to create table

$sql = "CREATE TABLE MyGuests (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
firstname VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
lastname VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(50),
reg_date TIMESTAMP
)";

echo "Table MyGuests created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error creating table: " . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
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Procedural
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
}
// sql to create table

$sql = "CREATE TABLE MyGuests (
id INT(6) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
firstname VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
lastname VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(50),
reg_date TIMESTAMP
)";
echo "Table MyGuests created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error creating table: " . mysqli_error($conn);
}
?>
PHP Insert Data Into MySQL
Object Oriented
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
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}
$sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)

VALUES ('John', 'Doe', 'john@example.com')";

echo "New record created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
Procedural
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)

VALUES ('John', 'Doe', 'john@example.com')";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . mysqli_error($conn);
}
?>
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Select Data From MySQL
Object Oriented
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
}
$sql = "SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM MyGuests";

$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "id: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["firstname"]. " " .
$row["lastname"]. "<br>";
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
?>
Procedural
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
}
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$sql = "SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM MyGuests";

$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo "id: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["firstname"]. " " .
$row["lastname"]. "<br>";
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
?>
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Student Registration Form
<html>
<body>
<form action="abc.php" method="post">
sid: <input type="text" name="sid"><br>
name: <input type="text" name="sname"><br>
marks:<input type="text" name="marks"><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Insert Data
<?php
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
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$sid = $_POST["sid"];
$name = $_POST["sname"];
$marks = $_POST["marks"];
$sql = "INSERT INTO student
VALUES ($sid, '$name', $marks)";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
$conn->close();
?>
Retrieve Data
<?php
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
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$sql = "SELECT * FROM student";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$sid = $row["sid"];
$name = $row["name"];
$marks = $row["marks"];
echo "$sid - $name - $marks<br>";
} else {
echo "0 results";
?>
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PHP Form handling

<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>

<form action="welcome_get.php" method="get">

Welcome <?php echo $_GET["name"]; ?><br>

PHP Connect to MySQL

1. MySQLi extension (the "i" stands for improved)

$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password);

Close the Connection

$conn = null; //PDO

PHP Create a MySQL Database

echo "Database created successfully";

Create MySQL Tables

// sql to create table

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {

// sql to create table

PHP Insert Data Into MySQL

die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);

$sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {

$sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)

Select Data From MySQL

$sql = "SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM MyGuests";

$sql = "SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM MyGuests";

Student Registration Form

<form action="abc.php" method="post">

sid: <input type="text" name="sid"><br>

name: <input type="text" name="sname"><br>

marks:<input type="text" name="marks"><br>

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);

$sql = "INSERT INTO student

VALUES ($sid, '$name', $marks)";

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {

echo "New record created successfully";

echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;

$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());

$sql = "SELECT * FROM student";

$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);

// output data of each row

echo "$sid - $name - $marks<br>";

echo "0 results";

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