Can JavaScript connect with MySQL?

Question

Can JavaScript connect with MySQL? If so, how?

Answer 1

No.

You need to write a wrapper in PHP, and then export the returned data (probably as Json). NEVER, get from your "_GET" the SQL code, as this is called an SQL injection (people who learn this will have full control over your database).

This is an example I wrote:

function getJsonData()
{
        global $db;
        if (!$db->isConnected()) {
               return "Not connected";
        }
        $db->query("SELECT * FROM entries");
        $values = array();
        while( $v = $db->fetchAssoc()){
                $values[] = $v;
        }
        return json_encode($values);    
}

switch (@$_GET["cmd"]){
        case 'data':
                print getJsonData();
                exit;

        default:
                print getMainScreen();
                exit; 
}

Do learn about SQL injections please.