To create an online database to display phone numbers, or any other stored data, you must move beyond basic HyperText Markup Language, referred to as HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS.

First, create an entry HTML form capable of passing information to a secondary file. Next, create a Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) file to accept the data and insert it into the database.

In-Depth Access MySQL Database With PHP Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database. By Deepak Vohra 06/20/2007 T he MySQL database is the most commonly used open source ...