Classes and Objects Each instance/object creates has the

same properties and methods but can

• Class - is a template for objects.
have different values.
• Object – an instance of class.

Basic class definitions begin with the class

keyword, followed by a class name and a
pair of curly braces.

The class name can be any valid label,

provided it is not a PHP reserved word.

A valid class name starts with a letter or

underscore, followed by any number of
letters, numbers or underscores.
• Form – represents a document section
• Properties – the constants/variables of containing interactive controls for
a class. collecting user input.
• Methods – the functions of a class. • To create a form, you use the
<form> element with the action and
method attributes.
<?php

class SimpleClass {

// property declaration • Action – specifies the URL that

processes the form submission.
public $name; • Method – specifies the HTTP method for
// method declaration submitting the form.

function set_name($name) {

$this->name = $name;

function get_name () {

return $this->name;

?>

• $this – refers to the current object and

only available inside methods.
• New - creates an instance of a class.
• MySQL – is a database system used on • PHP uses the mysql_query function
the web. to create a MySQL database.
• It runs on a server and is ideal for • This function takes two parameters
both small and large application. and returns TRUE on success or
• is used for a wide range of purposes, FALSE on failure.
including data warehousing, e-
commerce, and logging applications.

• MYSQL Connection – a connection is like

a pipeline of sorts that allows
communication between a DBMS and an
application program.
• we have to supply the following
information when making a
database connection: the host or
URL of the database server, the • Create Table - A database table has
database name, and the database its unique name and consists of
user name and password. columns and rows.
- CREATE TABLE statement is
• Opening Database Connection - In PHP used to create a table in
you can easily do this using the MySQL.
mysqli_connect () function. All - To create tables in the new
communication between PHP and the database, you need to do
MySQL database server takes place the same thing as creating
through this connection. the database.
• NOT NULL – Each row must contain
a value for that column; null values
are not allowed.
• DEFAULT VALUE - Set a default value
that is added when no other value is
passed.
• UNSIGNED - Used for number types,
limits the stored data to positive
numbers and zero.
• AUTO INCREMENT- MySQL
• Closing Database Connection - The automatically increases the value of
connection will be closed automatically the field by 1 each time a new
when the script ends. To close the record is added.
connection before. • PRIMARY KEY - Used to uniquely
• Create Database - E statement is used to identify the rows in a table. The
create a database in MySQL. To create column with the PRIMARY KEY
and delete a database, you should have setting is often an ID number and is
admin privilege. often used with AUTO_INCREMENT.
 • Select Data from a MySQL Database
– The SELECT statement is used to
select data from one or more tables.
• fetch_assoc() - puts all the results
into an associative array that we can
loop through.
• while() - loop loops through the
result set and outputs the data from
the id, firstname, and lastname
columns.
• Insert Data into MySQL - After a
database and a table have been
created, you can start adding data to
them.
- Here are some syntax rules
to follow:
▪ The SQL query must
be quoted in PHP
▪ String values inside
the SQL query must
be quoted
▪ Numeric values
must not be quoted
▪ The word NULL
must not be quoted

• Delete Data from a MySQL Table - The

DELETE statement is used to delete
records from a table.

• Update Data in a MySQL Table - The

UPDATE statement is used to update
existing records in a table.