Where and how are data records and tables stored in phpMyAdmin?

Data records and tables in phpMyAdmin are stored in a MySQL database. Each table is stored as a separate file on the server's file system. The data records within a table are stored in a structured format within these files. To access and manipulate data records and tables in phpMyAdmin, you can use SQL queries. These queries can be executed using PHP code to interact with the MySQL database.

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

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

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

// Example SQL query to retrieve data from a table
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // Output data of each row
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "id: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["name"]. "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

$conn->close();