First, create an entry HTML form capable of passing information to a secondary file. Next, create a Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) file to accept the data and insert it into the database.

You can also deploy a simple backend as the HTML to SQL connection that communicates with the front-end code that actually generates your website using an application programmer interface, or API.

A recent project at my current employer called for creating a new web frontend to an existing MSSQL database. My boss, having created a sophisticated MySQL and PHP-driven black diamond web site in PHP ...