How can one access the database if only FTP access is available and not a direct customer login at the host?

To access the database when only FTP access is available, you can create a PHP script that connects to the database using the database credentials. This script can be uploaded to the server via FTP and then executed through a web browser to interact with the database. 

<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Perform SQL queries here

// Close connection
$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

FTP access database access PHP remote connection MySQL

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