Connecting to MySQL To access a MySQL database, a connection must be established. Below are three ways to connect using MySQLi (object-oriented and procedural) and PDO.

Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database.

Insert form data to MySQL database using PHP. This is simple example of submitting a form and reading of form data using PHP code and insert the data into a database table in MySQL. For related topics ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of connecting the DBeaver GUI tool to a remote MySQL server.