PHP 5 + MySQL 5 A Perfect 10

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect mysqli extension i is for improved! All new MySQL extension for PHP 5 Result of –New binary client protocol in MySQL 4.1 –Old mysql extension showing age Biggest change is that database handle is now mandatory and is the first argument

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect mysqli extension $db = mysqli_connect($server, $user, $password, "users"); $r = mysqli_query($db, "SELECT user FROM users"); while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($r)) { print $row['user']; } mysqli_free_result($r); mysqli_close($db);

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Object-Oriented Interface Create a MySQL object! No real advantages over the procedural interface, except that objects are inherently cooler than functions. Actually, there are a few neat things you can do by subclassing: –Create specialized classes –Redefine methods

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Object-Oriented Interface $db = new mysqli($server, $user, $password, "users"); $r = $db->query("SELECT user FROM users"); while ($row = $r->fetch_assoc()) { print $row['user']; } $r->free_result(); unset($db);

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Prepared Statements Define a query “template” Faster for MySQL to execute Send less data Defense against SQL injection attacks

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Prepared Statements $db = mysqli_connect($server, $user, $password, 'stocks'); $sql = 'SELECT price FROM stocks WHERE ticker = ?'; $stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($db); if (mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) { // More to come… }

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Bound Parameters Map PHP variables with MySQL fields Works with stored procedures Can bind for both input and output Watch your variable scope

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Bound Parameters $ticker = 'EBAY'; if (mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) { mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, 's', $ticker); mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt, $price); mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt); print "$ticker trades at $price\n"; } EBAY trades at 75.01

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Bound Parameters $ticker = 'EBAY'; $stmt = $db->stmt_init(); if ($stmt->prepare($sql)) { $stmt->bind_param('s', $ticker); $stmt->bind_result($price); $stmt->execute(); print "$ticker trades at $price\n"; } EBAY trades at 75.01

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect SSL Connections Encrypt the connection between PHP and MySQL Slows things down Useful when you don’t control the path between the client application and MySQL Somewhat painful to set up if you’re an SSL novice

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect SSL Connections $db = mysqli_init(); mysqli_ssl_set($db, '/usr/local/mysql/server-key.pem', '/usr/local/mysql/server-cert.pem', '/usr/local/mysql/cacert.pem', NULL, NULL); mysqli_real_connect($db, 'external.example.org', 'ssl-user', 'password', 'database');

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect SSL Connections $db = mysqli_init(); mysqli_options($db, MYSQLI_READ_DEFAULT_FILE, '/etc/my.cnf'); mysqli_real_connect($db, 'external.example.org', 'ssl- user', 'password', 'database');

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Multi-Query Statements Send multiple SQL queries all at once Super useful for phpMyAdmin Increases the danger of SQL injection attacks Requires special set of functions –Forcibly disabled in mysqli_query() More work to iterate; made easier by using an Iterator ™

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Multi-Query Statements if (mysqli_multi_query($db, $query)) { do { if ($r = mysqli_store_result($db)) { while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($r)) { print "$row[0]\n"; } mysqli_free_result($result); } } while (mysqli_next_result($db)); }

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Multi-Query Statements $it = new MySQLiQueryIterator($db, $query); foreach ($it as $r) { if ($r) { while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($r)) { print "$row[0]\n"; }

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Subselects New in MySQL 4.1 Run a query within a query Makes it faster and easier to filter data –Places work inside MySQL instead of PHP Could often by “worked around” using a self-join, but not always Know what your query will return –One row ( = ) or many ( IN() )?

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Subselects mysql> SELECT speaker FROM speakers WHERE topic = (SELECT topic FROM speakers WHERE speaker = 'Adam Trachtenberg'); Better hope I’m not talking on multiple subjects

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Subselects mysql> SELECT speaker FROM speakers WHERE topic IN (SELECT topic FROM speakers WHERE speaker = 'Adam Trachtenberg');

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Character Sets New in MySQL 4.1 Store data using different character sets Collate data using different character sets Important when –You want a case-insensitive sort –Different cultures place the same letter in different positions in their alphabets What to do with –n vs ñ –u vs ü

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Character Sets Four records 1.Muffler 2.Müller 3.MX Systems 4.MySQL mysql> SELECT X FROM T ORDER BY X COLLATE collation_name; latin1_swedish_cilatin1_german1_cilatin1_german2_ci Muffler Müller MX SystemsMüllerMuffler MüllerMX Systems MySQL

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Stored Procedures New in MySQL 5.0 Sequence of SQL statements stored on your MySQL server Make request with set of parameters, get back chunk of relatively complete data Works regardless of client language Speedier than even prepared statements More secure (can wall off access to tables except through pre-defined procedures) A work in progress…

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Stored Procedures mysql> CREATE PRODCEDURE getNumberOfSpeakers (OUT n INT) BEGIN SELECT COUNT(*) INTO n FROM speakers; END mysql> CALL mysql>

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Cursors New in MySQL 5.0 CURrent Set of RecordsS Lets you refer to the results of a SELECT statement on the server Works within stored procedures and functions Still fairly limited. Just a test.

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Cursors mysql> DECLARE speakers CURSOR FOR SELECT speaker, topic FROM speakers; mysql> OPEN speakers; mysql> FETCH speakers INTO s, t; mysql> CLOSE speakers;

Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect Views New in MySQL 5.0 Let you create a “virtual” table based on SQL queries CREATE VIEW view AS SELECT... SELECT statement can include JOIN s You can now refer to “view” as if it was a real table: SELECT * FROM view WHERE... Changing rows in the view alters the data back in the original table.

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Adam Trachtenberg PHP 5 + MySQL 5 = A Perfect 10 Shameless Plug: PHP 5, MySQL 4.0, and 4.1 New mysqli extension Everything covered here, but in greater detail. (Except 5.0) How to migrate –From PHP 4 / mysql / MySQL 4.0 –To PHP 5 / mysqli / MySQL 4.1