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What is INNER JOIN in MySQL and how to use with PHP?

 







Database structure of practical Example:

-- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
-- version 5.2.1
-- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/
--
-- Host: 127.0.0.1
-- Generation Time: Jan 28, 2025 at 01:20 PM
-- Server version: 10.4.32-MariaDB
-- PHP Version: 8.2.12

SET SQL_MODE = "NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
START TRANSACTION;
SET time_zone = "+00:00";


/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;

--
-- Database: `mytest`
--

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `categories`
--

CREATE TABLE `categories` (
  `category_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `category_name` varchar(100) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `categories`
--

INSERT INTO `categories` (`category_id`, `category_name`) VALUES
(1, 'Samsung'),
(2, 'Apple'),
(3, 'Nokia');

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `products`
--

CREATE TABLE `products` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `product_name` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  `unit_price` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `unit_in_stock` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `category_id` int(11) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_general_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `products`
--

INSERT INTO `products` (`id`, `product_name`, `unit_price`, `unit_in_stock`, `category_id`) VALUES
(1, 'Samsung tx-30', 10500, 20, 1),
(2, 'Samsung red-40', 11200, 25, 1),
(3, 'Samsung blue-55', 25000, 15, 1),
(4, 'Nokia star-tz', 15000, 12, 3),
(5, 'Nokia tiptop', 16000, 26, 3),
(6, 'Apple mega4', 160000, 10, 2),
(7, 'Apple superX', 200000, 24, 2);

--
-- Indexes for dumped tables
--

--
-- Indexes for table `categories`
--
ALTER TABLE `categories`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`category_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `products`
--
ALTER TABLE `products`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`id`);

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for dumped tables
--

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `categories`
--
ALTER TABLE `categories`
  MODIFY `category_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=4;

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `products`
--
ALTER TABLE `products`
  MODIFY `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=8;
COMMIT;

/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION */;

Practical Example 1:index1.php code


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style type="text/css">
body{
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
flex-direction: column;
}


table{
border-collapse: collapse;
width:50%;
}

h2{
color:red;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
<title>INNER JOIN</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
$_GET['category'] = 2;
// Parse the query string
 if (isset($_GET['category'])) {
 $category_num = $_GET['category'];
 } else {
  echo 'The "category" parameter is missing!<br>';
    echo 'We are done here, sorry.';
 exit(0);


 }

 // Store the database connection parameters
 $host = 'localhost';
 $user = 'root';
 $password = '';
 $database = 'mytest';

 // create a new mysqli object with the database connection
 $mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $password, $database);

 // create select query
 $sql = "SELECT products.product_name,
 products.unit_price,
 products.unit_in_stock,
 categories.category_name
 FROM products
 INNER JOIN categories
 ON products.category_id = categories.category_id
 WHERE products.category_id = $category_num";
  $result = $mysqli->query($sql);
 $result2 = $mysqli->query($sql);
 $Category = $result2->fetch_array();
 ?>



 <h2>Product Category:<?php echo $Category['category_name']; ?> </h2>



  

 <table border="1">
  <thead>
  <tr>
  <th>Products </th>
  <th>Unit Price </th>
  <th>Stock Units </th>
  </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>


 <?php

 // Get the query result

 while($rows = $result->fetch_assoc()){?>
       <tr>
      <td><?php echo $rows['product_name']; ?> </td>
      <td><?php echo $rows['unit_price']; ?> </td>
      <td><?php echo $rows['unit_in_stock']; ?> </td>
       </tr>
<?php
 }

 

 




?>

</tbody>

</table>

</body>
</html>
 
Application Output:
Practical Example 2:index2.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style type="text/css">

body{
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
flex-direction: column;
}


table{
border-collapse: collapse;
width:50%;
}

h2{
color:red;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
<title>INNER JOIN</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
// $_GET['category'] = 2;
// // Parse the query string
 // if (isset($_GET['category'])) {
 // $category_num = $_GET['category'];
 // } else {
 // echo 'The "category" parameter is missing!<br>';
 //    echo 'We are done here, sorry.';
 // exit(0);


 // }

 // Store the database connection parameters
 $host = 'localhost';
 $user = 'root';
 $password = '';
 $database = 'mytest';

 // create a new mysqli object with the database connection
 $mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $password, $database);

 // create select query
 $sql = "SELECT products.product_name,
 products.unit_price,
 products.unit_in_stock,
 categories.category_name
 FROM products
 INNER JOIN categories
 ON products.category_id = categories.category_id
 ";
  $result = $mysqli->query($sql);
 $result2 = $mysqli->query($sql);
 $Category = $result2->fetch_array();
 ?>



 <h2>Products and its categories </h2>



  

 <table border="1">
  <thead>
  <tr>
  <th>Products </th>
  <th>Unit Price </th>
  <th>Stock Units </th>
  <th>Category </th>
  </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>


 <?php

 // Get the query result

 while($rows = $result->fetch_assoc()){?>
       <tr>
      <td><?php echo $rows['product_name']; ?> </td>
      <td><?php echo $rows['unit_price']; ?> </td>
      <td><?php echo $rows['unit_in_stock']; ?> </td>
      <td><?php echo $rows['category_name']; ?> </td>
       </tr>
<?php
 }

 

 




?>

</tbody>

</table>

</body>
</html>

Application Output:



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