If I want to put the connection in an external file, what part of this code should be in that external file?
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "root";
$dbname = "podcast";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$sql = "UPDATE bookmarks
SET podcast=122, text='some text'
WHERE id = 152";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
echo $stmt->rowCount() . " records UPDATED successfully";
}
catch(PDOException $e){
echo $sql . "<br>" . $e->getMessage();
}
$conn = null;
This part will go in external file e.g connection.php
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "root";
$dbname = "podcast";
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
?>
and then your code will look like
require("connection.php");
try {
$sql = "UPDATE bookmarks
SET podcast=122, text='some text'
WHERE id = 152";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
echo $stmt->rowCount() . " records UPDATED successfully";
}
catch(PDOException $e){
echo $sql . "<br>" . $e->getMessage();
}
$conn = null;
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "root";
$dbname = "podcast";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
Till this part can go to external file, and can be used to open a connection where ever required.