What resources or tutorials are available for learning how to update MySQL data using PHP?

To update MySQL data using PHP, you can use the MySQLi or PDO extension in PHP. You need to establish a connection to the MySQL database, construct an SQL UPDATE query with the data you want to update, and then execute the query using a prepared statement to prevent SQL injection attacks. 

<?php
// Establish connection to MySQL 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);
}

// Update data in MySQL table
$sql = "UPDATE table_name SET column1 = 'new_value' WHERE id = 1";

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Record updated successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error updating record: " . $conn->error;
}

$conn->close();
?>

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