Insert data from one table to another table using PHP

Last Updated : 07 Apr, 2021

In this article, we are going to insert data into another table from the existing table using PHP.

Requirements:

XAMPP Webserver

PHP stands for Hypertext preprocessor. MySQL is a database query language for performing database operations. We are going to insert data from one table into another table by using MySQL Server.

MySQL server is an open-source relational database management system that is used for web applications.

Insert query syntax:
```
insert table_2 select * from table_1.
```

Follow the below Steps:

Open XAMPP server and start Apache and MySQL.
Open your browser and type "localhost/phpmyadmin". Create a database named "geeks_database"
Now create a table named table1 with 4 columns and click on save.
Now open the SQL column in the database server and insert records into it.
MySQL code: The following are the SQL statements to insert data in table1.

INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES ('sravan','kakumanu','india','guntur'); INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES ('sudheer','chebrolu','india','guntur'); INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES ('vani','kakumanu','india','guntur'); INSERT INTO `table1`(`name`, `address`, `country`, `city`) VALUES ('radha','tenali','india','guntur');

Output: The table1 includes the following data.

Write create table2 in XAMPP SQL server in the same database geeks_database

Now insert records in table 2 using PHP code from table1.

PHP Code:

PHP

<?php 
// creating a connection by passing server name, 
// username, password and database name
// servername=localhost
// username=root
// password=empty
// database name= geeks_database
$connection_link = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "","geeks_database"); 

if ($connection_link === false) { 
    die("ERROR: Not connected. ".$connection_link->connect_error); 
} 

//sql query to perform copying data from one table to another
$sql_query  =  "insert table2 select * from table1"; 
    if ($connection_link->query($sql_query) === true) 
{ 
    echo "Data Copied Successfully."; 
} 
else
{ 
    echo "ERROR: Could not able to proceed $sql_query. "
        .$connection_link->error; 
} 

// Close the  connection 
$connection_link->close(); 
?>

Save this code as copying_data.php under xampp->htdocs folder.
Output:
- Open web browser and type "http://localhost/copying_data.php".
data copied image
Finally, view your table2. The data is copied from table1 successfully.