How can PHP be used to display the latest entry from a MySQL database on a webpage?

To display the latest entry from a MySQL database on a webpage using PHP, you can query the database for the most recent entry based on a timestamp or an auto-incremented ID. Once you have fetched the latest entry, you can then display the relevant information on the webpage using PHP. 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

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

// Query the database for the latest entry
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

// Display the latest entry on the webpage
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "Latest Entry: " . $row["column_name"];
    }
} else {
    echo "No entries found.";
}

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

Keywords

PHP MySQL database webpage display

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