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Here's the code. This is a simple code to connect to mysql. Bare in mind PHP can connect to other database also. I am assuming you have the database and datatables in place

// First the connection string to connect php to a database say mysql database

// These are default settings, please change to your convenience

$host = "localhost"; $user="root";$password="";

$connect = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password);

// Fail-safe statement

if(!$connect)

{

die("Cannot connect to mysql database: ".mysql_error());

}

// Selecting the database

mysql_select_db("my_db"); // put name of your db in place of my_db

$select = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table_name"); // put name of yr table in place of table_name

// fail-safe measure

if(!$select)

{

echo "Error fetching data: ".mysql_error();

}

else

{

while($fetch = mysql_fetch_array($select))

{

// Replace col_1, col_2 etc with your name of your table column headings

echo $fetch["col_1"]."
";

echo $fetch["col_2"]."
";

echo $fetch["col_3"];

}

}

?>

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