Creating MySQL table populating With PHP

Next we are going to create a database table and fill it with data.

<?php

$host = "localhost"; 
$user = "user12"; 
$pass = "34klq*"; 
$db = "mydb"; 

function execute_query($query) {

    $r = mysql_query($query);

    if (!$r) {
        echo "Cannot execute query: $query\n";
        trigger_error(mysql_error()); 
    } else {
        echo "Query: $query executed\n"; 
    }
}

$r = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);

if (!$r) {
    echo "Could not connect to server\n";
    trigger_error(mysql_error(), E_USER_ERROR);
} else {
    echo "Connection established\n"; 
}

$r2 = mysql_select_db($db);

if (!$r2) {
    echo "Cannot select database\n";
    trigger_error(mysql_error(), E_USER_ERROR); 
} else {
    echo "Database selected\n";
}

$query = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Cars"; 
execute_query($query);

$query = "CREATE TABLE Cars(Id INT PRIMARY KEY, Name TEXT, 
    Price INT) ENGINE=InnoDB";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(1,'Audi',52642)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(2,'Mercedes',57127)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(3,'Skoda',9000)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(4,'Volvo',29000)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(5,'Bentley',350000)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(6,'Citroen',21000)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(7,'Hummer',41400)";
execute_query($query);

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(8,'Volkswagen',21600)";
execute_query($query);

mysql_close();

?>

In the above code example, we create a Cars table with 8 rows.

function execute_query($query) {

    $r = mysql_query($query);

    if (!$r) {
        echo "Cannot execute query: $query\n";
        trigger_error(mysql_error()); 
    } else {
        echo "Query: $query executed\n"; 
    }
}

We have created a custom execute_query() function which will be called for each INSERT statement.

$r2 = mysql_select_db($db);

Before we can work with database tables, we must select a database. A database is selected with a mysql_select_db() function.

if (!$r2) {
    echo "Cannot select database\n";
    trigger_error(mysql_error(), E_USER_ERROR); 
} else {
    echo "Database selected\n";
}

Error handling for the database selection process.

$query = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Cars"; 
execute_query($query);

The first query drops a Cars table, if it already exists.

$query = "CREATE TABLE Cars(Id INT PRIMARY KEY, Name TEXT, 
    Price INT) ENGINE=InnoDB";
execute_query($query);

This is the SQL statement to create the Cars table.

$query = "INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(1,'Audi',52642)";
execute_query($query);

A car is inserted into the table.

if (!$ok) {
   echo mysql_error();
   die("Cannot execute query. \n");
}

In case of an error, we print the error message and terminate the script.

$ php create_fill.php
Connection established
Database selected
Query: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Cars executed
Query: CREATE TABLE Cars(Id INT PRIMARY KEY, Name TEXT, 
    Price INT) ENGINE=InnoDB executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(1,'Audi',52642) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(2,'Mercedes',57127) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(3,'Skoda',9000) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(4,'Volvo',29000) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(5,'Bentley',350000) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(6,'Citroen',21000) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(7,'Hummer',41400) executed
Query: INSERT INTO Cars VALUES(8,'Volkswagen',21600) executed

Executing the create_fill.php script.

mysql> SELECT * FROM Cars;
+----+------------+--------+
| Id | Name       | Price  |
+----+------------+--------+
|  1 | Audi       |  52642 |
|  2 | Mercedes   |  57127 |
|  3 | Skoda      |   9000 |
|  4 | Volvo      |  29000 |
|  5 | Bentley    | 350000 |
|  6 | Citroen    |  21000 |
|  7 | Hummer     |  41400 |
|  8 | Volkswagen |  21600 |
+----+------------+--------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The data inserted into the Cars table.