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mbagattini / SQLHelper.php
Created April 28, 2016 15:26
Three simple functions that mimic ADO.NET approach to relational database querying
$mysql_server = "your_host";
$mysql_database = "your_database_name";
$mysql_username = "your_database_user";
$mysql_password = "your_database_password";
//executes a query and returns the first value or null when nothing's found
//sample: $scalarValue = SQLExecuteScalar("select field from table where id=1");
//sample: $scalarValue = SQLExecuteScalar("select * from info"); //returns first row, first column field
function SQLExecuteScalar($query, $default = null)
{