This short course will show you how to integrate a database using the MySQLi extension for PHP. The developers of the PHP programming language recommend using MySQLi when dealing with MySQL server versions 4.1.3 and newer (takes advantage of new functionality).
Benefits of MySQLi
- An object-oriented interface
- Support for prepared statements
- Support for multiple statements
- Support for transactions
- Enhanced debugging support
- Embedded server support
A knowledge of PHP and MySQL is recommended for this course.
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Course Curriculum
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StartConnecting To A Database (7:55)
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StartConnecting Using PHP (9:42)
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StartCreating a Database Table (3:38)
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StartPulling Single Records (4:43)
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StartPulling Multiple Records (9:11)
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StartDifferent Result Types (5:26)
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StartFree Result (2:48)
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StartCounting Results (9:25)
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StartUpdating and Affected Rows (4:46)
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StartEscaping (12:33)
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StartPrepared Statements for Inserting (8:14)
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StartSelecting Prepared Statements (5:42)
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StartClosing the Database Connection (2:14)