--
-- Table structure for table `stocks`
--
 
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `stocks`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `stocks` (
  `UID` INT(30) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'Link to users table',
  `SYMBOL` VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT NULL,
  `Quantity` INT(20) DEFAULT NULL,
  KEY `UID` (`UID`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
--
-- Dumping data for table `stocks`
--
 
-- --------------------------------------------------------
 
--
-- Table structure for table `users`
--
 
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `users`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
  `UID` INT(30) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `username` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  `pass` BLOB NOT NULL,
  `cash` DECIMAL(10,2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '10000.00' COMMENT 'the default value is the free gift',
  `GUID` CHAR(36) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Use this string to validate the user, if the value is 0, then validated',
  PRIMARY KEY (`UID`),
  UNIQUE KEY `username` (`username`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=11 ;
 
--
-- Constraints for table `stocks`
--
ALTER TABLE `stocks`
  ADD CONSTRAINT `stocks_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`UID`) REFERENCES `users` (`UID`) ON DELETE CASCADE;

-- Triggers `users`
--
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS `users_insert`;
DELIMITER //
CREATE TRIGGER `users_insert` BEFORE INSERT ON `users`
 FOR EACH ROW BEGIN
SET NEW.guid = uuid();
END
//
DELIMITER ;

<?php
	class mysqlConnect
	{
		public function __construct($connectionHost, $connectionUser, $connectionPW, $connectionDB)
		{
			if (($this->theConnection = 
				mysql_connect($connectionHost, $connectionUser, $connectionPW)) === FALSE)
				die("Problems - connection to the database, please check");
			if (mysql_select_db($connectionDB, $this->theConnection) === FALSE)
				die("Problems - connected to database engine, but not the database");
		}
 
		public function __destruct()
		{
			if ($this->theConnection)
				mysql_close($this->theConnection);
		}
 
		public function query($stringQuery)
		{
			$q = mysql_real_escape_string($stringQuery);
			return mysql_query($stringQuery);
		}
 
		// if the database supports the result of returning the number of rows effected with the last call.
		public function rowsNumber($connection)
		{
			return mysql_num_rows($connection);
		}
 
		public function rowsAffected()
		{
			return mysql_affected_rows();
		}
 
		public function arrayResults($connection)
		{
			return mysql_fetch_assoc($connection);
		}
 
		public function freeResult($connection)
		{
			mysql_free_result($connection);
		}
 
		public function startTransaction()
		{
			$this->query("START TRANSACTION");
		}
 
		public function commitTransaction()
		{
			$this->query("COMMIT");
		}
 
		public function rollbackTransaction()
		{
			$this->query("ROLLBACK");
		}
 
		private $theConnection;
	};
?>

CREATE TABLE parent (id INT NOT NULL,
                     PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;
CREATE TABLE child (id INT, parent_id INT,
                    INDEX par_ind (parent_id),
                    FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES parent(id)
                      ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;

SELECT * FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.linkId = table2.Id

SELECT * FROM table1 OUTER JOIN table2 ON table1.linkId = table2.Id

SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.linkId = table2.Id

CREATE TABLE `User` (
  `id` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `firstName` VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT NULL,
  `lastName` VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT NULL,
  `email` VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT NULL,
  `phoneNum` VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT NULL,
  `guid` VARCHAR(36) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=9 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

CREATE TRIGGER User_insert 
BEFORE INSERT ON USER 
FOR EACH ROW 
BEGIN 
        SET NEW.guid = uuid(); 
END

      private $dbLink;
      /* connect to the database*/
      function __construct($host = "localhost", $user = "user", $password = "password", $database = "database")
      {
	$this->dbLink = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password);
	if (!$this->dbLink) die("no database present");
	if (!mysql_select_db($database, $this->dbLink))
	  die("no database within the database");
      }

      /* santize the input for a mysql database */
      public function santizeInput($theStr)
      {
	return trim(stripslashes(mysql_real_escape_string($theStr)));
      }

      /* insert the data into the database */
      public function insertData($sqlData)
      {
	mysql_query($this->santizeInput($sqlData), $this->dbLink) or die("Error inserting data");
      }

    // could use foreach loop $_POST inputs, but I personally prefer to pick them up.
    $firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
    $secondname =$_POST['secondname'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $phonenumber = $_POST['phonenumber'];
 
    /* could do additional checks on input incase it is sent via backend POST and not via the webpage,  could do with regular expression as well ? */
    $db = new databaseAccess("localhost", "username", "password", "database");
    /* can santize the inputs to make sure that there is some data to "play" with */
    $firstname = $db->santizeInput($firstname);
    $secondname =$db->santizeInput($secondname);
    $email =$db->santizeInput($email);
    $phonenumber = $db->santizeInput($phonenumber);
 
    if (checkLength($firstname) && checkLength($secondname))
    {	
	$sql = "insert into User (firstname, lastname, email, phoneNum) values (\"$firstname\",\"$secondname\",\"$email\", \"$phonenumber\")";
	$db->insertData($sql);
	echo "Data inserted";
    }

<?php
    class databaseAccess
    {
      private $dbLink;
      /* connect to the database*/
      function __construct($host = "localhost", $user = "user", $password = "password", $database = "database")
      {
	$this->dbLink = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password);
	if (!$this->dbLink) die("no database present");
	if (!mysql_select_db($database, $this->dbLink))
	  die("no database within the database");
      }
 
      /* disconnect */
      function __destruct()
      {
	if (!$this->dbLink) mysql_close($this->dbLink);
      }
 
      /* santize the input for a mysql database */
      public function santizeInput($theStr)
      {
	return trim(stripslashes(mysql_real_escape_string($theStr)));
      }
 
      /* insert the data into the database */
      public function insertData($sqlData)
      {
	mysql_query($this->santizeInput($sqlData), $this->dbLink) or die("Error inserting data");
      }
    }
 
    function checkLength($theStr)
    {
      if (strlen($theStr) > 0) 
	return true; 
      else 
	return false;
    }
 
    // could use foreach loop $_POST inputs, but I personally prefer to pick them up.
    $firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
    $secondname =$_POST['secondname'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $phonenumber = $_POST['phonenumber'];
 
    /* could do additional checks on input incase it is sent via backend POST and not via the webpage, not sure if SOAP are looking for that as well ? 
      could do with regular expression as well ? */
    $db = new databaseAccess("localhost", "User", "PW", "Test");
    /* can santize the inputs to make sure that there is some data to "play" with */
    $firstname = $db->santizeInput($firstname);
    $secondname =$db->santizeInput($secondname);
    $email =$db->santizeInput($email);
    $phonenumber = $db->santizeInput($phonenumber);
 
    if (checkLength($firstname) && checkLength($secondname))
    {	
	$sql = "insert into User (firstname, lastname, email, phoneNum) values (\"$firstname\",\"$secondname\",\"$email\", \"$phonenumber\")";
	$db->insertData($sql);
	echo "Data inserted";
    }
 
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
  /* check the length of the element, focus is none present */
  function lengthCheck(elem, thename)
  {
    if (elem.value.length> 0) 
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert("Please insert the " + thename);
      elem.focus();
    }
  }
 
  /* check a email address, using regular expression */
  function emailChecker(elem)
  {
    var reg = /^[\w\-\.\+]+\@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;
    if (elem.value.match(reg))
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert ("Please insert a valid email address");
      elem.focus();
      return false;
    }
  }
 
  /* check against a phone number. a number being between 11-15 numbers*/
  function checkPhone(elem)
  {
    var reg = /^[0-9]{11,15}$/;
    if (elem.value.match(reg))
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert ("Please insert a valid phone number");
      elem.focus();
      return false;
    }
  }
 
  function checkInputs()
  {
    // obtain inputs
    var firstname = document.getElementsByName("firstname").item(0);
    var secondname = document.getElementsByName("secondname").item(0);
    var email= document.getElementsByName("email").item(0);
    var phonenum = document.getElementsByName("phonenumber").item(0);
    /* check the inputs */
    if (lengthCheck(firstname, "first name")) 
      if (lengthCheck(secondname, "second name"))
	if (emailChecker(email))
	  if (checkPhone(phonenum))
	    return true;
    return false;
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="input" action="insertData.php" method="post" onSubmit="return checkInputs()">
First Name :
<input type="text" name="firstname"/>
 
Second Name : 
<input type="text" name="secondname"/>
 
Email : 
<input type="text" name="email"/>
 
Phone number : 
<input type="text" name="phonenumber"/>
 
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

<body>
<form name="input" action="insertData.php" method="post" onSubmit="return checkInputs()">
First Name :
<input type="text" name="firstname"/>
Second Name : 
<input type="text" name="secondname"/>
Email : 
<input type="text" name="email"/>
Phone number : 
<input type="text" name="phonenumber"/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
</body>

    var firstname = document.getElementsByName("firstname").item(0);

  function checkInputs()
  {
    // obtain inputs
    var firstname = document.getElementsByName("firstname").item(0);
    var secondname = document.getElementsByName("secondname").item(0);
    var email= document.getElementsByName("email").item(0);
    var phonenum = document.getElementsByName("phonenumber").item(0);
    /* check the inputs */
    if (lengthCheck(firstname, "first name")) 
      if (lengthCheck(secondname, "second name"))
	if (emailChecker(email))
	  if (checkPhone(phonenum))
	    return true;
    return false;
  }

  function lengthCheck(elem, thename)
  {
    if (elem.value.length> 0) 
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert("Please insert the " + thename);
      elem.focus();
    }
  }

  /* check a email address, using regular expression */
  function emailChecker(elem)
  {
    var reg = /^[\w\-\.\+]+\@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;
    if (elem.value.match(reg))
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert ("Please insert a valid email address");
      elem.focus();
      return false;
    }
  }

  /* check against a phone number. a number being between 11-15 numbers*/
  function checkPhone(elem)
  {
    var reg = /^[0-9]{11,15}$/;
    if (elem.value.match(reg))
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert ("Please insert a valid phone number");
      elem.focus();
      return false;
    }
  }

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
  /* check the length of the element, focus is none present */
  function lengthCheck(elem, thename)
  {
    if (elem.value.length> 0) 
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert("Please insert the " + thename);
      elem.focus();
    }
  }
 
  /* check a email address, using regular expression */
  function emailChecker(elem)
  {
    var reg = /^[\w\-\.\+]+\@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;
    if (elem.value.match(reg))
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert ("Please insert a valid email address");
      elem.focus();
      return false;
    }
  }
 
  /* check against a phone number. a number being between 11-15 numbers*/
  function checkPhone(elem)
  {
    var reg = /^[0-9]{11,15}$/;
    if (elem.value.match(reg))
      return true;
    else
    {
      alert ("Please insert a valid phone number");
      elem.focus();
      return false;
    }
  }
 
  function checkInputs()
  {
    // obtain inputs
    var firstname = document.getElementsByName("firstname").item(0);
    var secondname = document.getElementsByName("secondname").item(0);
    var email= document.getElementsByName("email").item(0);
    var phonenum = document.getElementsByName("phonenumber").item(0);
    /* check the inputs */
    if (lengthCheck(firstname, "first name")) 
      if (lengthCheck(secondname, "second name"))
	if (emailChecker(email))
	  if (checkPhone(phonenum))
	    return true;
    return false;
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="input" action="insertData.php" method="post" onSubmit="return checkInputs()">
First Name :
<input type="text" name="firstname"/>
 
Second Name : 
<input type="text" name="secondname"/>
 
Email : 
<input type="text" name="email"/>
 
Phone number : 
<input type="text" name="phonenumber"/>
 
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

CREATE TABLE testTable 
(id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
  guid VARCHAR(36), 
  name VARCHAR(100), 
PRIMARY KEY (id));

INSERT INTO testTable (name) VALUES ("thename");

delimiter //
CREATE TRIGGER testTable_insert 
BEFORE INSERT ON 'testTable' 
FOR EACH ROW 
BEGIN 
    SET NEW.guid = uuid(); 
END;
delimiter ;

INSERT INTO testTable (name) VALUES ("a new name");

  CREATE DATABASE phptestplace;
  CREATE TABLE storingData (id INT NOT NULL auto_incremenet, lblob BLOB, PRIMARY KEY (id));

  $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'username', 'userpassword');
  if (!$link) {
      die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }
// alter to your database name
  mysql_select_db("phptestplace", $link);

  $filename = "filetoload.txt";
  $handle = fopen($filename, "r");
  $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
  fclose($handle);
 
// to insert into the database you need to add in the slashes for characters like / \ etc.
  $contents = addslashes($contents);

  $sqlquery = "insert into storingData(largeblob) values ('$contents')";
  mysql_query($sqlquery) or die("ERROR");*/

// get the data into a result variable
  $return = mysql_query ("select lblob from storingData where id = (select max(id) from storingData)") or die("LLL");
// get the contents of the blob from the return variable (it returns a array of data) and the list takes out the data from a array each part at time.
  list($newcontents) = mysql_fetch_array($return);

  $fp = fopen('NEWFILE.txt', 'w');
  fwrite($fp, $newcontents);
  fclose($fp);