What are some alternative methods for organizing and storing data in PHP other than using text files?

When dealing with large amounts of data in PHP, using text files may not be the most efficient or scalable solution. Alternative methods for organizing and storing data include using databases such as MySQL or SQLite, utilizing JSON or XML files, or implementing caching mechanisms like Redis or Memcached. 

// Example of storing data in a MySQL database

// Connect to MySQL database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "myDB";

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

// Insert data into a table
$sql = "INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ('John Doe', 'john.doe@example.com')";
$conn->query($sql);

// Retrieve data from a table
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "Name: " . $row["name"] . " - Email: " . $row["email"] . "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

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

Keywords

MySQL SQLite MongoDB JSON serialization

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