Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database.

Database accessibility is a key part of Web-based applications and dynamically generated Web pages, so PHP's creators have made the language particularly effective in this area. In fact, even ...

Once you have all the data necessary, your database is ready for usage by your web-based tool. Just remember to connect the tool using the MySQL we created earlier, and you’re good to go.

Enter WampServer, an open source product that installs a PHP-apps-ready platform consisting of Apache web server, MySQL database, PHP, plus several helpful GUI-based utilities.

Grafana is one of the most widely-used data visualization tools on the market. Learn how to connect Grafana to a remote MySQL database with this tutorial.