Printing last 10 entries in database [closed] - php

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So I'm working on a website that has a list of novels in a database with some basic info about them. I'd like to make a table of the most recent additions to the database. I'm using PHP and SQL and this is what I've got so far.
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "password";
$database = "novels";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $database);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
// Select ten most recent entries
SELECT `N_ID`, `NAME`, `DATE_RELEASED`, `GENRES` FROM basic_info ORDER BY N_ID DESC LIMIT 10
?>
I"m new to PHP And SQL so what I can gather is that I've made a connection to the database and have pulled the information from the latest 10 entries. Now I'm just not sure how to print them.
Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Try to use PDO if you can. Also you could use lower case for your columns to avoid case sensitivity issues.
You have to "wrap" your SELECT query in a variable (e.g. $sql) to be able to pass it in your php code.
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors", 1);
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "password";
$database = "novels";
try {
//Make your connection handler to your database
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=".$servername.";dbname=".$database, $username, $password, array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING));
$sql = "SELECT `N_ID`, `NAME`, `DATE_RELEASED`, `GENRES` FROM basic_info ORDER BY N_ID DESC LIMIT 10";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
//Execute the query
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
//Fetch the results
foreach ($result as $row) {
echo '<p>'.$row['NAME'].'</p>';
}
} catch(PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
die();
}