{"id":15666,"date":"2024-03-15T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-retrieve-data-from-a-database-table-using-php\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:32:16","slug":"how-can-we-retrieve-data-from-a-database-table-using-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-we-retrieve-data-from-a-database-table-using-php\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we retrieve data from a database table using PH…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The steps for retrieving data from a database table using PHP are as follows:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. establish a connection to a MySQL database<\/li>\n
  2. create a new instance of PDO()<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    $servername<\/span> = \"localhost\"<\/span>;\r\n$username<\/span> = \"username\"<\/span>;\r\n$password<\/span> = \"password\"<\/span>;\r\n$dbname<\/span> = \"database\"<\/span>;\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u4f7f\u7528mysqli\u8fde\u63a5\u6570\u636e\u5e93<\/span>\r\n$conn<\/span> = mysqli_connect<\/span>($servername<\/span>, $username<\/span>, $password<\/span>, $dbname<\/span>);\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u4f7f\u7528PDO\u8fde\u63a5\u6570\u636e\u5e93<\/span>\r\n$dsn<\/span> = \"mysql:host=$servername<\/span>;dbname=$dbname<\/span>\"<\/span>;\r\n$conn<\/span> = new<\/span> PDO<\/span>($dsn<\/span>, $username<\/span>, $password<\/span>);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. Choose<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      $sql<\/span> = \"SELECT * FROM table_name\"<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        \n
      1. execute a query using MySQLi<\/li>\n
      2. Execute the query using the connection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \/\/ \u4f7f\u7528mysqli\u6267\u884c\u67e5\u8be2<\/span>\r\n$result<\/span> = mysqli_query<\/span>($conn<\/span>, $sql<\/span>);\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u4f7f\u7528PDO\u6267\u884c\u67e5\u8be2<\/span>\r\n$result<\/span> = $conn<\/span>->query<\/span>($sql<\/span>);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          \n
        1. Retrieve an associative array of fetched data using MySQLi.<\/li>\n
        2. Fetch the result.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \/\/ \u4f7f\u7528mysqli\u5904\u7406\u7ed3\u679c<\/span>\r\nwhile<\/span> ($row<\/span> = mysqli_fetch_assoc<\/span>($result<\/span>)) {\r\n    \/\/ \u5904\u7406\u6bcf\u4e00\u884c\u6570\u636e<\/span>\r\n    echo<\/span> $row<\/span>['column_name'<\/span>];\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/\/ \u4f7f\u7528PDO\u5904\u7406\u7ed3\u679c<\/span>\r\nwhile<\/span> ($row<\/span> = $result<\/span>->fetch<\/span>()) {\r\n    \/\/ \u5904\u7406\u6bcf\u4e00\u884c\u6570\u636e<\/span>\r\n    echo<\/span> $row<\/span>['column_name'<\/span>];\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          Before handling the results, ensure that you are connected to the database and the query statement has been executed successfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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