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enkansah

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Registered: November 10, 2015

Posts: 5

Loading data from external database

Hey there,

I'm trying to figure out if its possible to load data from another database besides the one used for the current big tree installation. I'll like to display some information from another database possibly hosted on another server. And if it is possible how would I go about it?

timbuckingham

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From: Baltimore, MD

Registered: April 2, 2012

Posts: 959

Re: Loading data from external database

Sure, you would just need to manually make calls to a new mysqli object.

Harrid

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Registered: January 28, 2019

Posts: 1

Re: Loading data from external database

Hi Tim, I presume this works for more than one database too, right?

timbuckingham

Administrator

From: Baltimore, MD

Registered: April 2, 2012

Posts: 959

Re: Loading data from external database

Yes, you can make as many mysqli object instances as you need to connect to multiple databases / servers.