How to write a stored procedure using phpmyadmin and how to use it through php?

Question

I want to be able create stored procedures using phpMyAdmin and later on use it through php.

But I dont know how to?

From what I know, I found out that we cannot manage stored procedures through phpMyAdmin.

What other tool can manage stored procedure?

I am not even sure if it is better option to use stored procedure through PHP. Any suggestion?

Answer 1

Since a stored procedure is created, altered and dropped using queries you actually CAN manage them using phpMyAdmin.

To create a stored procedure, you can use the following (change as necessary) :

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_test()
BEGIN
  SELECT 'Number of records: ', count(*) from test;
END//

And make sure you set the "Delimiter" field on the SQL tab to //.

Once you created the stored procedure it will appear in the Routines fieldset below your tables (in the Structure tab), and you can easily change/drop it.

To use the stored procedure from PHP you have to execute a CALL query, just like you would do in plain SQL.