To connect to a database in PHP, you use the connect function from the module that is specific to your database brand. For example, to connect to a MySQL database located on your Web server, you ...

This process involves connecting to the database, querying it for data and presenting the data in HTML, often by using a server side scripting language such as PHP.

LibreOffice Base can make working with remote MySQL databases a snap. Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to make this happen.