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Asked: 2026-05-23T04:09:45+00:00

I’m sorry if this question frustrates anyone … I am truly a beginner to

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I’m sorry if this question frustrates anyone … I am truly a beginner to PHP + MYSQL but I would love to make some progress on this one!

My Goal:

  1. To create a table that I can view in a web page.
  2. To be able to add data (rows) to this table and still have the data be there the next time the page is loaded.

Step 1: Creating the table

<html>
<body>

<?php

// Conect to MYSQL
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "My_Username", "My_Password") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to MYSQL </br>";

mysql_select_db("My_Database") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to Database";

// Create a MySQL table in the selected database (called ExampleTable)

$sql = "CREATE TABLE ExampleTable
 (
// Set the primary key (personID)
 personID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
 PRIMARY KEY(personID),
 ColumnOne varchar(15)
 ColumnTwo varchar(15)
 ColumnThree varChar(30)
 )";

// Execute query
mysql_query($sql,$con);

mysql_query("INSERT INTO ExampleTable(ColumnOne, ColumnTwo, ColumnThree)
VALUES ('Data1', 'Data2', 'Data3')");

mysql_query("INSERT INTO ExampleTable(ColumnOne, ColumnTwo, ColumnThree) 
VALUES ('Data_Data1', 'Data_Data2', 'Data_Data3')");

mysql_close($con);

?>

</body>
</html>

So, I have now created a MYSQL table with two three columns, and two rows of data. How can I get this table to show up on a web page?

Step 2: Saving / Retrieving saved data
Is there some way that I can add data to a table, so that the data will be there permanently? – or is this how it works by default?

For example: Let’s say that I have a form with a button on it. When the button is clicked a new row is added to the table ‘ExampleTable’. The next time the user visits the page the table will be updated with his newly added data.

Thank you very much for any help. I understand that I am a beginner and do not fully understand these topics yet. Any responses will be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    1 – Displaying All Data

    <?php

// Conect to MYSQL
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "My_Username", "My_Password") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to MYSQL </br>";

mysql_select_db("My_Database") or die(mysql_error());
echo "Connected to Database";

// Get all the data from the "ExampleTable" table
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ExampleTable") or die(mysql_error());  

echo "<table border='1'>";
echo "<tr> <th>ColumnOne</th> <th>CoumnTwo</th> <th>CoumnThree</th> </tr>";

// keeps getting the next row until there are no more to get
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {

    // Print out the contents of each row into a table
    echo "<tr><td>"; 
    echo $row['ColumnOne'];
    echo "</td><td>"; 
    echo $row['ColumnTwo'];
    echo "</td><td>"; 
    echo $row['ColumnThree'];
    echo "</td></tr>"; 
} 

echo "</table>";
?>

    From: http://www.tizag.com/mysqlTutorial/mysqlselect.php

    2 – Data Storage

    Anything INSERT-ed into a database will remain* in the database until it is explicitly deleted.

    *with few exceptions – but you’ll learn about them a little later in your database journey 🙂

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