<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID DESC LIMIT 50,5";
if ($result = mysqli_query($link, $query)) {
/* fetch associative array */
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result)) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
}
/* free result set */
mysqli_free_result($result);
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>