Grafana is one of the most widely-used data visualization tools on the market. Learn how to connect Grafana to a remote MySQL database with this tutorial.

This would be a good idea if you’re connecting to your MySQL from outside of your LAN. If you’re within your LAN, chances are you won’t need this option.

Next, use PHP's mysql_select_db function to choose a database on the server. Upon a successful connection, you can now use other PHP functions to query the database and display the results on your ...