Source of showHeroes.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Show Heros</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Show Heros</h1>
<?
//make the database connection
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "aharris", "my_password");
if ($conn) {
print "It worked...";
} else {
print "There was a problem";
} // end if
mysql_select_db("aharris_db", $conn);
//create a query
$sql = "SELECT * FROM hero";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
print "Result is $result";
print "<table border = 1>\n";
//get field names
print "<tr>\n";
while ($field = mysql_fetch_field($result)){
print " <th>$field->name</th>\n";
} // end while
print "</tr>\n\n";
//get row data as an associative array
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
print "<tr>\n";
//look at each field
foreach ($row as $col=>$val){
print " <td>$val</td>\n";
} // end foreach
print "</tr>\n\n";
}// end while
print "</table>\n";
?>
</body>
</html>