How to insert date in MySql using php

by Yogi P - January 17, 2023

To insert a date into a MySQL database using PHP, you can use the following steps:

1. Connect to the MySQL database using the mysqli_connect() function, which takes the database server hostname, username, password, and database name as arguments.
2. Create a date value using the date() function, which takes a date format string as an argument. The date format string specifies the format in which the date value will be generated.
3. Create an INSERT statement using the mysqli_query() function, which takes the database connection and the INSERT statement as arguments. The INSERT statement should specify the table name, the column names, and the date value generated in the previous step.
4. Execute the INSERT statement using the mysqli_query() function, and check the return value to ensure that the statement was executed successfully.

Here is an example of how to insert a date into a MySQL database using PHP:

<?php

// Connect to the MySQL database
$conn = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'database_name');

// Check the connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
die('Failed to connect to MySQL: ' . mysqli_connect_error());
}

// Create a date value
$date = date('Y-m-d');

// Create an INSERT statement
$query = "INSERT INTO dates (date_column) VALUES ('$date')";

// Execute the INSERT statement
if (mysqli_query($conn, $query)) {
echo 'The date was inserted successfully.';
} else {
echo 'Failed to insert the date: ' . mysqli_error($conn);
}

?>