Houston Chronicle

Fastest Way to Check if MYSQL Table Exists in PHP

Dynamic PHP pages give you the option to choose a MySQL table dynamically from which to query. You must ensure that the table exists before running a query on the table. PHP has a quick function that ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Access MySQL Database With PHP

To install the MySQL database, you must first download the community edition of MySQL 5.0 database for Windows. There are three versions: Windows Essentials (x86), Windows (x86) ZIP/Setup.EXE and ...
Ars Technica

Recursively delete items in a MySQL table - foreign key, or something else?

I'm working on a web app, and it part of it, there is a very simple database-driven file/document manager. As a file manager, there is the possibility of sub-folders. So in the DB, I have the ...
Houston Chronicle

Stored Procedures Vs. Prepared Statements in PHP and MySQL

The PHP development language provides you with a "prepare" function to send a prepared statement to a SQL database. You can use full, inline SQL statements in the prepared statement function or send ...
Linux Journal

Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL: A Book Review

Title: Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQLAuthor: Hugh E. Williams and David LanePublisher: O'Reilly & AssociatesISBN: 0596000413Price: $44.95 This book is subtitled Building Effective ...