MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) environments. However, MariaDB has gained popularity as an alternative.

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.

To query a MySQL database, I'm going to assume you already have a Windows MySQL server and a database with at least one table in it you'd like to retrieve. I'm also going to assume that you don't ...

As an addendum to last week's post about a recent SQL Server camp held for PHP developers, Microsoft's Brian Swan has published some new nuts-and-bolts details for converting MySQL queries. Swan, who ...