PHP Magazine has a new pointer to a new article from WebProNews.com - MySQL Database Handling In PHP.

In a new article on Webpronews.com, John L has a basic tutorial that shows you how to connect to a MySQL database, and execute standard SQL statements against the MySQL database. The article also has a few paragraphs devoted to the weakness of flat files, as compared to databases. If you are beginner to using PHP with MySQL, this article might help.

While it's not overly long, they do have a few good points to make, especially when it comes to the difference between flat files and full database systems...