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MySQL is the most popular open-source

database system.

The data in MySQL is stored in database
objects called tables.

A table is a collections of related data entries
and it consists of columns and rows.

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A database most often contains one or more

tables.

Each table is identified by a name (e.g.
"Customers" or "Orders").

Tables contain records (rows) with data.

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A query is a question or a request.

With MySQL, we can query a database for
specific information and have a record set
returned.

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The free MySQL database is very often used with

PHP.

Before you can access data in a database, you
must create a connection to the database.

In PHP, this is done with the mysql_connect()
function.

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The connection will be closed automatically

when the script ends.

To close the connection before, use the
mysql_close() function

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