How to connect MySQL db using new XAMPP - php

Question

Old connection method mysql_connect maybe deprecated from PHP7 so what is the best way to connect and query in mysql using XAMPP or how I implement PDO in my bellow script.
<?php
$key = $_GET['key'];
$array = array();
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
$db = mysql_select_db("search", $con);
$query = mysql_query("select * from ajax_example where name LIKE '%{$key}%'");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
$array[] = $row['name'];
}
echo json_encode($array);
?>

Answer 1

Database connection using mysqli_* :
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$database = "database";
// Create connection
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $database);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
echo "Connected successfully";
?>
For further mysqli_* statement syntax refer: Mysqli_* Manual
Database connection using PDO_* :
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$database = "database";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$database", $username, $password);
// set the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo "Connected successfully";
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
For further PDO_* statement syntax refer PDO_* Manual

Answer 2

$conn = new Connection();
$query = "select * from ajax_example where name LIKE '%{$key}%'";
$res = $conn->execute_query($query)->fetchall(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
if (!empty($res))
{
$result['data'] = $res;
echo json_encode($result);
}