Comments on: Learn PHP: Selecting from a Database http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2006/02/26/learn-php-selecting-from-a-database/ PHP, WordPress and Business Ramblings Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2006/02/26/learn-php-selecting-from-a-database/#comment-317 Sarah Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:44:58 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2006/02/26/learn-php-selecting-from-a-database/#comment-317 Hi Sharon, I've not had time to go further into these posts (apologies to everyone else too), but to select from multiple tables as a beginner I'd just go for the method of using <code>SELECT * FROM table1, table2 WHERE table1.rowid = table2.rowid AND table1.field = 'some value'</code> Then you access as usual using the field names. If you have fieldnames that overlap (eg. both have 'title' as a fieldname) then you can give these alternate names in the SELECT statement. I understand what you mean, there are plenty of different methods to select multiple information, but my MySQL knowledge isn't very good in the use of multiple tables (well not yet!) Hi Sharon, I've not had time to go further into these posts (apologies to everyone else too), but to select from multiple tables as a beginner I'd just go for the method of using

SELECT * FROM table1, table2 WHERE table1.rowid = table2.rowid AND table1.field = 'some value'

Then you access as usual using the field names. If you have fieldnames that overlap (eg. both have 'title' as a fieldname) then you can give these alternate names in the SELECT statement. I understand what you mean, there are plenty of different methods to select multiple information, but my MySQL knowledge isn't very good in the use of multiple tables (well not yet!)

]]> By: Sharon Spain http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2006/02/26/learn-php-selecting-from-a-database/#comment-316 Sharon Spain Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:31:54 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2006/02/26/learn-php-selecting-from-a-database/#comment-316 I think You've explained all that really well. I think selecting from one table is the easiest, the difficulty for me as a learner is selecting data from different tables to display at the same time. I've noticed books all have different ways of doing it so it adds to the confusion. Anyway I like this blog. I think You've explained all that really well. I think selecting from one table is the easiest, the difficulty for me as a learner is selecting data from different tables to display at the same time. I've noticed books all have different ways of doing it so it adds to the confusion. Anyway I like this blog.

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