This simple example shows how to connect, execute a query, print resulting rows and disconnect from a MySQL database.

MySQL extension overview example

// Connecting, selecting database
$link = mysql_connect('mysql_host', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')
or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_select_db('my_database') or die('Could not select database');

// Performing SQL query$query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table';
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

// Printing results in HTML
echo "\n";
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
echo "\t\n";
foreach ($line as $col_value) {
echo "\t\t\n";
}
echo "\t\n";
}
echo "

$col_value

\n";
// Free resultsetmysql_free_result($result);

// Closing connection
mysql_close($link);
?>