Can JavaScript connect with MySQL?

Question

Can JavaScript connect with MySQL? If so, how?

Answer 1

JavaScript can't connect directly to DB to get needed data but you can use AJAX. To make easy AJAX request to server you can use jQuery JS framework http://jquery.com. Here is a small example

JS:

jQuery.ajax({
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
url: '/ajax/usergroups/filters.php',
data: "controller=" + controller + "&view=" + view,
success: function(json)
{
    alert(json.first);
    alert(json.second);
});

PHP:

$out = array(); 

// mysql connection and select query
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);


try {
  die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);

  $sql = "SELECT * FROM [table_name] WHERE condition = [conditions]";
  $result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
  // output data of each row
  while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    $out[] = [
       'field1' => $row["field1"],
       'field2' => $row["field2"]
    ];
  }
} else {
  echo "0 results";
}

} catch(Exception $e) {
  echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}
    echo json_encode($out);