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Connecting A Website To a DataBase

Hello Everyone i need help connecting my site to a database..
Either MySQL or PHP Which Is better.

tactfulsaint
Junior Poster in Training
78 posts since Nov 2007
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MySQL is a DBMS(Database Management System) and PHP is a scripting language.
You have to use PHP and SQL to connect to your database which is managed by MySQL.

There is now better or worse cause these are not the same to be compared against each other.

mostafadotnet
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157 posts since Jul 2006
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mostafadotnet is right. Here is a detailed tutorial to connect to MySQL using PHP.

mwasif
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