# Display Database

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-database/158413>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 9, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-database/158413 "2005-08-09T16:11:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![InTeL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/73ab20/32.png) [@InTeL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/InTeL)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-database/158413/1 "2005-08-09T16:11:11Z")

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Hello, i have no idea how to display a database in FLASH i know how to display the database in html,

can someone help me pls.

this is wat i have (PHP)

```php
<?
//CONFIG.PHP

$host= "localhost";
$dbname= "test";
$uname= "root";
$pass= "root";
?>

```

```php
<?
//Code to display DATABASE (staff.php)

require_once "conf.php";

$link = mysql_connect("$host","$uname","$pass") or die("OMG CHECK THE DAMN SETTINGS");
mysql_select_db("$dbname") or die("Database Does not exist");

$result = mysql_query("select * from test ORDER BY ID DESC");

while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$name=$r["name"];

echo "$name";

}
mysql_close($link);
?>

```