title: Android Application Connecting to PHPMyAdmin or PHP
body: <p>Good Day Everyone!</p>
  
  <p>I am working on something that is new to me and that is to get data from my phpmyadmin and display it in an android application using XAMPP and JSON. I was wondering what could be the steps that must be taken to make this connection possible. For now, I have a php file that inserts data into a database stored in phpMyAdmin and it works. I am looking to display or add data from an android application. Could somebody please give me steps on how to start this or a link that will help me with this issue. Thanks. Here's my php file right now.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  $server = 'localhost';
  $user = 'root';
  $password = '';
  $database = 'testdb';
  $productName = $_POST["txtProductName"];
  $price = $_POST["txtPrice"];
  $db = mysql_connect($server, $user, $password);
  
  
  
  $db_select = mysql_select_db ($database, $db);
  $query = "Insert into products (name, price) 
  Value ('$productName' , '$price')";
      if (!$db) {
          die('Could not connect to database');
      }   
  
      enter code here
      if (!mysql_select_db($database, $db))
          die("Could not open products database");
      if (!($result = mysql_query($query , $db)))
      {
          print("Could not execute query&lt;br/&gt;");
          die(mysql_error());
      }
  
  mysql_close($db);       
  
  
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>