PHP MySQL Connect to a Database
Create a Connection to a MySQL Database
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.
Syntax
mysql_connect(servername,username,password);
Parameter
Description
servername
Optional. Specifies the server to connect to. Default value is "localhost:3306"
username
Optional. Specifies the username to log in with. Default value is the ...
The AJAX application above contains one div section and one button.
The div section will be used to display information returned from a server. The button calls a function named loadXMLDoc(), if it is clicked:
<html>
<body>
<div id="myDiv"><h2>Let AJAX change this text</h2></div>
<button type="button" onclick="loadXMLDoc()">Change Content</button>
</body>
</html>
Next, add a <script> tag to the page's head section. The script section contains the loadXMLDoc() function:
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function loadXMLDoc()
{
.... ...