{"id":1135,"date":"2012-01-27T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T17:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/01\/27\/php-insert-database\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:16:54","slug":"using-mysqli-to-insert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/databases\/using-mysqli-to-insert\/","title":{"rendered":"Using MySQLi to INSERT Data into a Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/using-mysqli-to-insert-data-hero-image-1024x538.png\" alt=\"using mysqli to insert data hero image\" class=\"wp-image-82031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/using-mysqli-to-insert-data-hero-image-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/using-mysqli-to-insert-data-hero-image-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/using-mysqli-to-insert-data-hero-image-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/using-mysqli-to-insert-data-hero-image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since newer versions of PHP no longer support the ability to insert data into a database using PHP extensions, users will need to make use of an extension such as MySQLi to insert data into their databases. Using MySQLi to insert data can be done directly in the command line or via PHP script. In this article we will discuss using MySQLi to insert data into MySQL databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using MySQLi to INSERT Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, ensure that your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/databases\/create-a-mysql-database\/\">database has been created<\/a> and can be accessed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/databases\/\">connect to your database server via SSH<\/a>. Please note that this will require the use of command-line operations. It is only recommended to perform these steps if you are comfortable using command-line interfaces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you\u2019ve connected to your database server you will want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/databases\/mysql-command-line\/\">log into MySQL<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once logged in, you can use the mysql prompt to execute the following query and insert data into your database.\u00a0<br><pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">$sql = \"INSERT INTO data_product1 (size, color, price) VALUES ('M', 'Blue', '39.99')\";<\/pre><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In our example, data_product represents the database table being modified. The size, color, and price all represent separate columns in the database structure. The values represent the data being stored, in this case the size, color, and price of the product in question. For a typical eCommerce website, a database will contain thousands of tables storing a variety of data ranging from contact information to product descriptions and specifications.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a PHP script to INSERT Data using MySQLi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is not possible to use PHP extensions to insert data, you can still write a PHP script that uses the MySQLi extension to insert the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first portion of the script will involve connecting to the database. The <strong>dbhost<\/strong> is the hostname of the database server, usually localhost. The <strong>dbuser<\/strong> is the database username, <strong>dbpass<\/strong> is the password for the database user, and the <strong>dbname<\/strong> is the name of the database itself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kevinbatdorf-code-block-pro\" data-code-block-pro-font-family=\"Code-Pro-JetBrains-Mono-NL.ttf\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16px, 1rem, 24px);font-family:Code-Pro-JetBrains-Mono-NL,ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,monospace;line-height:clamp(26px, 1.625rem, 39px);--cbp-tab-width:2;tab-size:var(--cbp-tab-width, 2)\"><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-code=\"&lt;html&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;head&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;title&gt;Adding Product Data&lt;\/title&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;\/head&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;body&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;?php\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$dbhost = 'localhost';\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$dbuser = 'root';\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$dbpass = 'securepassword123';\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$dbname = 'eCommercedata';\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$mysqli = new mysqli($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname);\" style=\"color:#e1e4e8;display:none\" aria-label=\"Copy\" class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\"><path class=\"with-check\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M4.5 12.75l6 6 9-13.5\"><\/path><path class=\"without-check\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M16.5 8.25V6a2.25 2.25 0 00-2.25-2.25H6A2.25 2.25 0 003.75 6v8.25A2.25 2.25 0 006 16.5h2.25m8.25-8.25H18a2.25 2.25 0 012.25 2.25V18A2.25 2.25 0 0118 20.25h-7.5A2.25 2.25 0 018.25 18v-1.5m8.25-8.25h-6a2.25 2.25 0 00-2.25 2.25v6\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><pre class=\"shiki github-dark\" style=\"background-color: #24292e\" tabindex=\"0\"><code><span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">html<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">head<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">title<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">Adding<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">Product<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">Data<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">title<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">head<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">body<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;?<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">php<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">$dbhost <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">'localhost'<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">$dbuser <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">'root'<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">$dbpass <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">'securepassword123'<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">$dbname <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">'eCommercedata'<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">$mysqli <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">new<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">mysqli<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname);<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next portion of the script will contain the INSERT query with the same information we used in the previous section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kevinbatdorf-code-block-pro\" data-code-block-pro-font-family=\"Code-Pro-JetBrains-Mono-NL.ttf\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16px, 1rem, 24px);font-family:Code-Pro-JetBrains-Mono-NL,ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,monospace;line-height:clamp(26px, 1.625rem, 39px);--cbp-tab-width:2;tab-size:var(--cbp-tab-width, 2)\"><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-code=\"$sql = &quot;INSERT INTO data_product1 &quot;.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&quot;(size, color, price) &quot;.&quot;VALUES &quot;.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&quot;('M','Blue','39.99$')&quot;;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0?&gt;\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt;\/body&gt;\n&lt;\/html&gt;\" style=\"color:#e1e4e8;display:none\" aria-label=\"Copy\" class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\"><path class=\"with-check\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M4.5 12.75l6 6 9-13.5\"><\/path><path class=\"without-check\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M16.5 8.25V6a2.25 2.25 0 00-2.25-2.25H6A2.25 2.25 0 003.75 6v8.25A2.25 2.25 0 006 16.5h2.25m8.25-8.25H18a2.25 2.25 0 012.25 2.25V18A2.25 2.25 0 0118 20.25h-7.5A2.25 2.25 0 018.25 18v-1.5m8.25-8.25h-6a2.25 2.25 0 00-2.25 2.25v6\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><pre class=\"shiki github-dark\" style=\"background-color: #24292e\" tabindex=\"0\"><code><span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">$sql <\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">\"<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">INSERT INTO<\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\"> data_product1 \"<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">.<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">\"(size, color, price) \"<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">\"VALUES \"<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">.<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #9ECBFF\">\"('M','Blue','39.99$')\"<\/span><span style=\"color: #E1E4E8\">;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">?&gt;<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">body<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&lt;\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #79B8FF\">html<\/span><span style=\"color: #F97583\">&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Save this file as mysqli_insertexample.php for use with your web server. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, you now know how to insert data using MySQLi!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\">Trust your business to an industry leader in fast and reliable website hosting solutions. 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