how do I connect to sqlite database?

Question

How do i connect to a sqlite database? I am planning to distribute a db with my application with all the tables already made in it, so i don't need to create a new db or tables, just distribute it.

I so far have experience with mysql where i have used connection strings like

<?php session_start();
// DATABASE CONNECTION

$hostname = 'localhost';       
$dbname   = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx'; 
$username = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx'; 
$password = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx'; 

// Let's connect to host
mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password) or DIE('Connection to host is failed, perhaps the service is down!');
// Select the database
mysql_select_db($dbname) or DIE('Database name is not available!');
?>

After the connection is established i go about my business of inserting > selecting > deleting and updating table values using mysql_query and mysql_fetch_array etc.

but how is this process different in SQLITE. all help is appreciated. i am new to sqlite.

Answer 1

Sqlite is a lighter form for sql, it doesn't have a server/client. So you directly "connect" to the file(or inmemory).

You can connect to the memory(which will be flushed after restart of application) by $db = sqlite3_open(":memory:"); or to a file called "mydatabase.db" with $db = sqlite3_open("mydatabase.db"); .

More info at http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.sqlite3.php