
January 23rd, 2013, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Galway
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connect to your database:
Code:
$conn = mysql_connect('database_name', 'username', 'password');
if (!$conn) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
create a sql query based on the fields and database name
Code:
$query = "select name,address from contact_table;";
run the query:
Code:
$run = mysql_query($query);
possibly check for failed query
Code:
if (!$row) {
echo "failed query";
}
then display the data:
Code:
while $row = mysql_fetch_array($run)) {
echo $row['name'] . " - " . $row['address'] . "\r\n";
}
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