(Advanced) Method 2 of accessing MySQL database with PHP

try{   
    $com = new COM("Adodb.Connection");
    $com->open("Driver={SQL Server};server=(local);uid=sa;pwd=*****;database=*****;");
    }catch(com_exception $e){
        die($e->getMessage());
    }
try{
    $rs = new COM("Adodb.RecordSet");
    $rs->open("select * from user_list",$com,1,1);
    }catch(com_exception $e){ 
        die($e->getMessage());
    }
$AllCount = $rs->RecordCount;
for($i=1;$i<$AllCount;$i++){
    echo($rs["u_id"]->value." ");
    $rs->MoveNext(); 
}
$rs->Close();
$rs = null; 
$com->Close(); 
$com = null;
?>

 data source name :mysqlodbc,
 user:root,
 password:root,

<?php
    $conn=odbc_connect(&#39;mysqlodbc&#39;,&#39;root&#39;,&#39;root&#39;);
    if (!$conn){exit("Connection Failed: " . $conn);}
    $sql="SELECT * FROM class";
    $rs=odbc_exec($conn,$sql);
    if (!$rs) {exit("Error in SQL");} 
    echo "<table><tr>";
    echo "<th>id</th>";
    echo "<th>name</th></tr>";  
    while (odbc_fetch_row($rs)){
        $id=odbc_result($rs,"id");
        $name=odbc_result($rs,"name");  
        echo "<tr><td>$id</td>"; 
        echo "<td>$name</td></tr>"; 
    }
odbc_close($conn);
echo "</table>";
?>