PHP Notes by Vikas Kadakkal

Example

Earlier in the tutorial we created a table named "Persons". Here is how it looks: FirstName LastName Age

Peter

Griffin

35

Glenn

Quagmire 33

The following example updates some data in the "Persons" table:

After the update, the "Persons" table will look like this: FirstName LastName Age

Peter

Griffin

36

Glenn

Quagmire 33

PHP MySQL De lete The DELETE statement is used to delete records in a table.

D e l e t e D at a t a I n a D a t a b a se se The DELETE FROM statement is used to delete records from a database table. PHP NOTES

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Syntax

DELETEFROM tab DEL ablle_ e_nam name e WHERE some_column = some_value Note: Notice the WHERE clause in the DELETE syntax. The WHERE clause specifies which record or records that should be deleted. delet ed. If you omit t he WHE WHERE clause, clause, all rec r ecords ords will wil l be deleted! del eted!

To get PHP to execute the statement above we must use the mysql_query() function. This function is used to send a query or command to a MySQL connection. Example

Look at the following "Persons" table: FirstName LastName Age

Peter

Griffin

35

Glenn

Quagmire 33

The following example deletes all the records in the "Persons" table where LastName='Griffin': After the deletion, the table will look like this: FirstName LastName Age

Glenn

Quagmire 33

PHP Dat abase ODBC ODB C ODBC is an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows you to connect to a data source (e.g. an MS Access database).

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Crea te an ODBC Conne ction With an ODBC connection, you can connect to any database, on any computer in your network, as long as an ODBC connection is available. Here is how to create an ODBC connection to a MS Access Database: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Administtrative rative Tools icon in your Control Open the t he Adminis ont rol Panel. Double-click on the t he Data Sources (ODBC) icon inside. ystem DS DSN N tab. Choose the System Click on Add in the System DSN tab. Select the Microsoft Access Driver. Cli Click ck Finish. In the t he next next screen, cli click ck Select to locate the database. Give t he databas dat abase e a Data Source Name (DSN). Click OK.

Note that this configuration has to be done on the computer where your web site is located. If  you are running Internet Information Server (IIS) on your own computer, the instructions above will work, but if your web site is located on a remote server, you have to have physical access to that server, or ask your web host to to set up a DSN for you to use.

Connecting t o an OD BC The odbc_connect() function is used to connect to an ODBC data source. The function takes four parameters: the data source name, username, password, and an optional cursor type. The odbc_exec() function is used to execute an SQL statement. Example

The following example creates a connection to a DSN called northwind, with no username and no password. It then creates an SQL and executes it: $conn=odbc_connect('northwind','',''); $sql=" $sql="S SELECT * FROM cust custom omer ers"; s"; $rs=odbc_exec($conn,$sql);

Retrieving Records The odbc_fetch_row() function is used to return records from the result-set. This function returns true if it is able to return rows, otherwise false. The function takes two parameters: the ODBC result identifier and an optional row number: odbc_fetch_row($rs)

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Retr ieving Fields Fi elds from a Record Record The odbc_result() function is used to read fields from a record. This function takes two parameters: the ODBC result identifier and a field number or name. The code line below returns the value of the first field from the record: $compname=odbc_result($rs,1); The code line below returns the value of a field called "CompanyName": $compname=odbc_result($rs,"CompanyName");

Clos losing ing a n ODBC Conne Conne ction The odbc_close() function is used to close an ODBC connection. odbc_close($conn);

An ODBC Example The following example shows how to first create a database connection, then a result-set, and then display the data in an HTML table. "; echo echo " Companyn Companyname< ame"; echo echo " "C Contactname< ontactname"; while (odbc_fetch_row($rs)) { $compname=odbc_result($rs,"CompanyName"); $conname=odbc_result($rs,"ContactName"); echo echo " < $compname d>$compname"; echo echo " "$c $conna onname< me"; } odbc_close($conn); echo echo " able>"; "; ?> body>

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PHP XML Expat Expat Parser The built-in Expat parser makes it possible to process XML documents in PHP.

W hat is XML XML? ? XML is used to describe data and to focus on what data is. An XML file describes the structure of the data. In XML, no tags are predefined. You must define your own tags.

W hat is Expat? To read and update - create and manipulate - an XML document, you will need an XML parser. There are two basic types of XML parsers: 

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Tree-based parser: This parser transforms an XML document into a tree structure. It analyzes analyzes t he whole whol e document document,, and provides pr ovides acc acces ess s to t he tree t ree elements. el ements. e.g. e.g. t he Document Document Object M odel (DOM) (DOM) Event-based parser: Views an XML document as a series of events. When a specific event occurs, it calls a function to handle it

The Expat parser is an event-based parser. Event-based parsers focus on the content of the XML documents, not their structure. Because of this, event-based parsers can access data faster than tree-based parsers. Look at the following XML fraction: J Jani

An event-based parser reports the XML above as a series of three events:   

St art element: from f rom Start CDATA section, value: Jani Close element: element: f rom

The XML example above contains well-formed XML. However, the example is not valid XML, because there is no Document Type Definition (DTD) associated with it. However, this makes no difference when using the Expat parser. Expat is a non-validating parser, and ignores any DTDs.

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As an event-based, non-validating XML parser, Expat is fast and small, and a perfect match for PHP web applications. Note: XML documents must be well-formed or Expat will generate an error.

I n st s t a l l a t io io n The XML Expat parser functions are part of the PHP core. There is no installation needed to use these functions.

An X ML File The XML file below will be used in our example: -8859-1"?> Tove< Tove J Jani g>R Reminder D Don't forge for gett me this t his weekend weekend!! body>

I nitiali nitializing zing the XML Parser We want to initialize the XML parser in PHP, define some handlers for different XML events, and then parse the XML file. Example

"; break; case "TO": echo "To: "; break; case "FROM": PHP NOTES

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echo "From: "; break; case case "HE " HEADING": echo "Heading: "Heading: "; "; break; case case " BODY BODY" : echo "Message: "; } }  / / Funct unct ion to t o use use at at t he end end of an element element function stop($parser,$element_name) { echo echo "
"; }  / / Funct unct ion to t o use use when finding findi ng chara character cter data f unction uncti on char($parser,$da char($parser,$datt a) { echo $data; }  / / Specif pecify y element element handler handler xml_set_ele xml_set_elemen mentt _handler($pa _handler($parse rser," r,"s st art","stop" art" ,"stop"); );  / / Specif pecify y data handler handler xml_set_character_data_handler($parser,"char");  / / Open XML file fi le $fp=fopen("test.xml","r");  / / Read ead data data while ($data=fread($fp,4096)) { xml_parse($pa xml_parse($parser,$da rser,$datt a,feof($fp)) a,feof( $fp)) or die (sprint f ("X (" XML Error: rr or: %s at at line li ne %d", %d", xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($parser)), xml_get_current_line_number($parser))); }  / / Free the t he XML XML parser parser xml_parser_free($parser); ?>

The output of the code above will be: -- Note -To: Tove From: Jani Heading: Reminder Messag Message: e: Don't Don't forge for gett me this t his weekend! weekend!

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How it works: 1. Initialize the XML parser with the xml_parser_create() function 2. Create functions to use wit h the t he different diff erent event event handlers handlers 3. Add the xml_set_element_handler() function to specify which function will be executed when the t he parser parser encounters encount ers the opening o pening and closing closing tag t ags s 4. Add the xml_set_character_data_handler() function to specify which function will execute when the t he parser parser encount encounters ers charac charactt er data 5. Parse arse the file fi le "t " t est est .xml" wit h the t he xml_pa xml_parse rse() () funct funct ion 6. In cas case of an error, err or, add xml_error_s xml_error _stt ring() ri ng() f unction uncti on to convert convert an XML error err or to t o a t extual description 7. Call the xml_parser_free() function to release the memory allocated with the xml_parser_create() function

PHP XM L DOM The built-in DOM parser makes it possible to process XML documents in PHP.

W hat is DOM? The W3C DOM provides a standard set of objects for HTML and XML documents, and a standard interface for accessing and manipulating them. The W3C DOM is separated into different parts (Core, XML, and HTML) and different levels (DOM Level 1/2/3): * Core DOM - defines a standard set of objects for any structured document * XML DOM - defines a standard set of objects for XML documents * HTML DOM - defines a standard set of objects for HTML documents

XML Parsing To read and update - create and manipulate - an XML document, you will need an XML parser. There are two basic types of XML parsers: 



Tree-based parser: This parser transforms an XML document into a tree structure. It analyzes analyzes t he whole whol e document document,, and provides provi des acce acces ss to t he tree t ree elements element s Event-based parser: Views an XML document as a series of events. When a specific event occurs, it calls a function to handle it

The DOM parser is an tree-based parser. Look at the following XML document fraction:

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