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PHP

Christhoper Key
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Christhoper Key
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Posted by Christhoper Key
Christhoper Key
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Connection to database

Hello! As i manage to complete "PHP besic" i would like to connect my localhost with database and play around with some codes.

My question: is there "best" or "most" secure way to build connect with database?

1 Answer

Remylus Losius
Remylus Losius
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Remylus Losius
Remylus Losius
7,394 Points

When it comes to coding, database, and server access, yes there's always "best practices". The best approach to connect to your database is to use PHP mysqli or PDO method. How you use those methods to access or allow others to access your database can be the deciding factor.

1 - you're likely to have your environment set up as:

$user = root;
$password = root;

...that's not best practice.

Refer to this link for some good tips

Hope this helps!