📌 PHP & MySQL Tutorial – How to Read Data from a Database (mysqli_query Procedural)
In this step-by-step PHP & MySQL tutorial, you’ll learn how to read data from a MySQL database using procedural PHP with mysqli_query. This lesson is perfect for beginners who want to master retrieving and displaying database records.
We’ll cover:
✅ Writing a SELECT query to fetch all records from a table (users)
✅ Storing and handling query results in PHP variables
✅ Counting the number of rows returned from the database
✅ Using conditional statements to check if data exists
✅ Looping through results with while and mysqli_fetch_assoc
✅ Displaying specific fields like ID, name, email, and password
✅ Formatting output in lists and preparing for table display in the next lesson
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll know exactly how to connect to your database, run a select query, and display results neatly on a webpage.
💡 Perfect for:
PHP beginners learning database interaction
Students building CRUD applications
Anyone learning procedural PHP with MySQL