Home » php » PHP – How to create a database? PHP – How to create a database? 3 min read Last Updated on: December 25, 2022 by Anup Das Share on: In this tutorial, I’m going to teach you how to create a MySQL database for PHP. I’ll explain everything you need to create a database for your website.ContentsServer SetupCreating DatabaseCreate TablesCommon Datatypes1) Server SetupIf you are very new to web development please follow this tutorial to setup PHP on your computer. PHP Tutorial 1 – setup PHP on your computerNow, if you have done everything corrects our server will be ready to work. Next, we will open XAMPP control panel. Depending on where you have installed, you will need to look through the XAMPP directory and search for “xampp-control”. In the control panel run Apache and MySQL by clicking start. If you are using WAMP all the steps will be same as XAMPP. 2) Creating Database Open any web browser and In URL type “localhost/phpmyadmin”. This will lead to phpmyadmin home page. From there click on Databases tab located on top. Now, under create database enter your database name(for example chat_db). Then click on create, leave ‘Collation’ as it’s. *Don’t give any space in the database name, you can use ‘_’.3) Create Tables Now on left side search for your database name. Then click on it, this will lead you to create a table.Here we are creating a table name “user_info”, which will have 3 columns.“user_info” table will have an id, username, password column. You can see table structure in below image,After you fill necessary information click on save.That’s all Congratulation you have successfully created a database in PHP – MySQL.4) Common data types Here are some commonly used attributes in databases. You maybe need them when creating another database.Format: Column Name – Type – Length – Null Property – Other Propertiesemail – VARCHAR – 50 – not nullphone_no – VARCHAR -13 – not nulldate_of_birth – DATE – – not nulladdress – VARCHAR – 255 – not nullI would like to hear from you, tell me in comments below if you have any queries or feedback. Ultimate Guide to Data Visualization in Python: Exploring the Top 3 Libraries Stop Using Print to Debugging In Python. Use IceCream Instead Don’t Run Loops in Python, Instead, Use These!Anup DasI'm obsessed with python and write articles about python tutorials for Django, Data Science, and Automation.Stay Connected with ATTBe the first one to get the latest updates about python and django. 3 thoughts on “PHP – How to create a database?”OMG this looks so complicated for me! It's great you are able to do this tech stuffIt's not that complicated though..Very straight forward tutorialComments are closed. We would like to show you notifications for the latest news and updates.DismissAllow Notifications
