From the course: Validating and Processing Forms with JavaScript and PHP
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Preparing your database
From the course: Validating and Processing Forms with JavaScript and PHP
Preparing your database
Sometimes, you don't want to send the information to an email address. It can be unreliable and it's not easy to aggregate the data. In that case, it's better to push the information to a database. Most servers come with some implementation of the popular My SQL database. And it's pretty easy to use since the commands are fairly readable. This isn't designed to be a full database course. We'll just be talking about form implementation. So for more information, make sure you check out PHP with my SQL Essential Training, and for more SQL information, check out My SQL Essential Training. So, we've got a do a little bit of set-up. You're going to need to get credentials that give you access to the database. That usually involves creating the database, which you can do either through SSH or your host control panel. There's a lot of different control panels, and how you get to this varies from server to server. So I'm going to assume you already created a database. If you want to learn how…
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