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PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix platform)

PHP Connect to the MySQL Server

Use the PHP mysqli_connect() function to open a new connection to the MySQL server.

Open a Connection to the MySQL Server

Before we can access data in a database, we must open a connection to the MySQL server.

In PHP, this is done with the mysqli_connect() function.

Syntax

mysqli_connect(host , username , password , dbname);

STEPS

1.CREATE A USER in PHPMyAdmin

2.CREATE A DATABASE

3.CONNECT TO DATABASE

4.DATA RETREIVAL/ MANIPULATION