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There are many ways out there to connect to a database, but there is only a few of them that are effective. This is the MySQL object that I use to connect to a database via PHP. You will find this class to be simple but very effective as it’s not overfilled, but it only contains what it’s needed in order to compile a successful application. I have used it multiple times in tasks that include from basic user managements to custom cloud application development. From connecting to a single database, to multiple databases.

Here is the code, please make sure to replace the values of the variables so that you can successfully connect to your database.

class db

{

//Object Variables Please Replace, you can also have them set on the constructor so that you can connect to multiple databases.

private $status;

private $host = ‘localhost’;

private $database = ‘db_name’;

private $username = ‘username’;

private $password = ‘password’;

public  $result;

public  $results;

function __construct(){

//Connect To Database

$this->status = mysql_connect($this->host,$this->username,$this->password) or die (‘Cannot Open Conection to ‘ .

$this->host);

//Select Database

mysql_select_db($this->database,$this->status);

}

function query($sql){

//Get Results

$this->result =  mysql_query($sql);

}

function fetch($sql,$type){

//Perform Query

$this->query($sql);

switch ($type){

//Fetch as an Array

case ‘array’:

$this->results = mysql_fetch_array($this->result);

break;

//Fetch as an Asspciative Array

case ‘assoc’:

$this->results = mysql_fetch_assoc($this->result);

break;

//Fetch as an Object

case ‘object’:

$this->results = mysql_fetch_object($this->result);

break;

}

//Return Results

return $this->results;

}

function checkit($sql){

//Check Table for Query

return mysql_num_rows(mysql_query($sql));

}

function __destruct(){

//Free Query Result

mysql_free_result($this->result);

//Close DB Connection

mysql_close($this->status);

}

}

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