With the third part of his PHP Anthology, Volume 1, Harry Fuecks has returned to SitePoint with more information on PHP and MySQL.

In The PHP Anthology Volume I, Chapter 3 - PHP and MySQL, Harry starts off with a brief history of websites and moves into simple MySQL access through PHP. Of course, the next step after a simple MySQL connection is creating reusable code in a class, making future usage of the same code quick and easy. All of the code in each example is fully explained and simple to follow, giving you a simple foundation to create your own modified SQL class. From there, he moves into more MySQL-server oriented items, such as recovering corrupt tables, backing up databases, and the possibility of using a precreated class with objects instead of rolling your own.

MySQL can be an amazingly powerful tool for those that know how to harness its power with PHP. this article is a good place to start your training...