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Asked: 2026-05-31T09:00:34+00:00

P.S. I am new to php & webform scripting; Currently I have the following

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P.S. I am new to php & webform scripting;

Currently I have the following multiple choice question table inside MySQL database :

     |MCQ_ID|Question|Opt_1|Opt_2|Opt_3|Opt_4|Opt_5|
     |1|What is the port|23|21|22|80|53

My objective is to create a quiz in a web form, using php scripting where
(1) The Questions are selected from the database & displayed in a multiple choice form with only a single answer to each question
(2) Each webform should display only one question as there will be a timer to record the amount of time spend at a particular question.

Below is my begining script & how should I go from here to achieve my above objectives?

 <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
        <head>
            <style type='text/css'>
                #wrapper {
                    width:950px;
                    height:auto;
                    padding: 13px;
                    margin-right: auto;
                    margin-left: auto;
                    background-color: #fff;
                }
            </style>
        </head>
        <body bgcolor="#e1e1e1">
            <div id="wrapper">
                <center><font fact="Andalus" size="5">Test Quiz</font></center>
                <br /><br /><br /><br />
            </div>

            <?php
                //Start Variables
                $username   =   "root";
                $password   =   "";
                $database   =   "Test";
                //End Variables

                //Connect To Database
                $link   =   mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password) or die ('Could not connect :'.  mysql_error());
                mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");

                //SQL Get Questions
                $query  =   "SELECT * FROM MCQuestionBank";
                $result =   mysql_query($query) or die ('Query failed:'. mysql_error());
                $row    =   mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQLI_ASSOC);

                //Get results
                /*
                while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQLI_ASSOC))
                    {
                        echo '<br> QuestionName : ' .$row{'Question'} ;
                        echo '<br> Option 1 : ' .$row{'MCQ_Opt1'};
                        echo '<br> Option 2 : ' .$row{'MCQ_Opt2'};
                        echo '<br> Option 3 : ' .$row{'MCQ_Opt3'};
                        echo '<br> Option 4 : ' .$row{'MCQ_Opt4'};
                        echo '<br> Option 5 : ' .$row{'MCQ_Opt5'};
                    }
                */
                mysql_free_result($result); 
                mysql_close($link);
            ?>
        </body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    That table structure is going to be unmanageable. If you’re going to use a database you need to normalize it. Questions go in one table. Answers in another. That way is much more flexible. What are you are going to do when, for example, a question needs to have more (or less than) 5 choices?

    Get some general background on relational databases and then come back to the problem. This might be a good start:

    http://www.deeptraining.com/litwin/dbdesign/FundamentalsOfRelationalDatabaseDesign.aspx

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