Hello,
is read here:
Both the popular PDO and MySQLi libraries are available on all accounts and PHP versions, which are the libraries all (modern) scripts use to connect to a MySQL database. However, to use a database, you need to configure a few things first.
Before you can use a database, you need to create the database first. You can create a database through your control panel in the section called MySQL Databases. Simply enter a desired name in the text box and click Create Database.
To use the database with…
and its claimed that its not possible to send data from extern to the mysql database?
This is my database:http://daq-database.free.nf/soilmoisture/php_post_esp_data.php?i=1
My user name
there is no error message. seems that its connecting but in the my sql database never arrives.
Many thanks in advance for any help,
Hi Christoph,
If your microcontroller does not run JavaScript to connect first, then it won’t be able to post anything to your application.
Read more about it here:
When you first open your website, you may see the extra characters like ?i=1 at the end of your URL. This article explains more about what causes it, and what you can do about it.
Cheers!
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(Nevermind, there’s a difference between remote MySQL and APIs)
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April 20, 2024, 10:39am
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Than you very much vor this detailed answer
Nice regards,
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April 27, 2024, 11:16am
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