Excited that you have found php? Well get really excited now because I am going to show you how to create a connect and execute a query against a MySql database

First we need a text editor, you can find plenty by doing a search on google or clicking here for a shortcut to the search. Now that you have it installed you can begin developing our connection

Okay the first thing you need to do in any connection situation is establish a new connection. The code to do that looks like this:

$server = "localhost";
$username = "jimini";
$password = "cricket";

$dbHandle = mysql_connect($server,$username,$password)
            or die("unable to conect to database server");

mysql_select_db("yourDatabaseName") 
                or die ("Couldn't use Database");

The first thing we will do is a standard select from the table of your choice.

//after we have established the connections.
$query = "SELECT * FROM yourTableName";
$result = mysql_query($query,$dbHandle);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
  echo $row[0];
  echo $row['rowName'];
}

Now to show you how to execute a write query against the database.

$query = "INSERT INTO yourTableName VALUES('valueHere');
mysql_query($query, $dbHandle);
if(mysql_affected_rows($dbHandle) > 0){
  echo "Successfully inserted data";
}else{
  echo mysql_error();
}

//DELETE ALL ROWS
$query = "DELETE FROM yourTableName; //delete all records
mysql_query($query, $dbHandle);
if(mysql_affected_rows($dbHandle) > 0){
  echo "Successfully deleted data";
}else{
  echo mysql_error();
}

//UPDATE RECORD
$query = "UPDATE yourTableName 
          SET rowName = 'valueHere'"; //Update all records
mysql_query($query, $dbHandle);
if(mysql_affected_rows($dbHandle) > 0){
  echo "Successfully updated data";
}else{
  echo mysql_error();
}