PHP scripts that talk to databases all look similar to the code below. Connect to the database, select a database, send a query and loop through the results.

<?php
  mysql_pconnect("db.server.com","username","password");
  mysql_select_db("products");
  $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM details");
  if ($result) {
    echo "<TABLE>\n";
    echo "<TR><TH>Name</TH><TH>Description</TH></TR>\n";
    while ($a = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
      echo "<TR><TD>$a[name]</TD>", "<TD>$a[descr]</TD></TR>";
    }
    echo "</TABLE>";
  } else {
    echo "<P>Nothing to see here.";
  }
?>