# Access database from php program

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**Created:** [May 31, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-database-from-php-program/289489 "2009-05-31T15:14:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![lauriedk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@lauriedk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lauriedk)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-database-from-php-program/289489/1 "2009-05-31T15:14:44Z")

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My program needs to select a username based on the criteria of the userid being 2. The database holds a table with fields userid and username. How do I access that table? The database is mysql.