In-Depth Access MySQL Database With PHP Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database. By Deepak Vohra 06/20/2007 T he MySQL database is the most commonly used open source ...

Right-click the PHP page you want to use to call the stored procedure and select "Open With." Click the PHP editor to open the code. Add the PHP connection to the MySQL database.

Create the PHP file to display the report on screen. You will need to connect to the database, then retrieve, format and display the fields if you use dynamic data in your report.

Enter WampServer, an open source product that installs a PHP-apps-ready platform consisting of Apache web server, MySQL database, PHP, plus several helpful GUI-based utilities.

Because MySQL is such a popular database, I thought it would be a great data source to use as an illustration. This will also refresh your memory on how to set MySQL up for remote connections.