#!/usr/pubsw/bin/php
<?php

// if running this from https://cgi.stanford.edu/~sunetid/cgi-bin/
// or otherwise using an stunnel connection
$host="127.0.0.1";

// if not using a stunnel connection then use this $host
// definition
$host="mysql-user.stanford.edu";

$userid="my_username";
$passwd="my_password";

// Connecting, selecting database
$link = mysql_connect($host, $userid, $passwd)
   or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_select_db('my_database') or die('Could not select database');

// Performing SQL query
$query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table';
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

// Printing results in HTML
echo "<table>\n";
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
   echo "\t<tr>\n";
   foreach ($line as $col_value) {
       echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
   }
   echo "\t</tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n";

// Free resultset
mysql_free_result($result);

// Closing connection
mysql_close($link);
?>