PHP and MySQL Tutorial - Lesson 1 Open source has brought a lot more than Linux to the computing world. It has also given us PHP and MySQL.

Last week in Gearhead I discussed the struggle to get my hosting provider to give me a server with the version of PHP I needed to run a PHP-based groupware system.

Prepared statements avoid the process of compiling, parsing and running a stored procedure or inline SQL statement in your code. The PHP prepared statement function speeds up the application ...

Fastest Way to Check if MYSQL Table Exists in PHP. Dynamic PHP pages give you the option to choose a MySQL table dynamically from which to query.