Using order by x and use rand()

[SamA74]

@colshrapnel has written a comprehensive PDO tutorial, found here

Looking for feedback on a PDO tutorial I wrote

I am not sure it this is a right place to ask, but I found this community most friendly and thoughtful, so I want to try. If it’s not appropriate, feel free to delete this thread. I spent several years on Stack Overflow answering questions on PHP. Being interested personally in database wrappers, I kept an eye on PDO related questions in particular. With a lot of data to review, one is able to collect some statistics, and even trace the common patterns of (mis)use. So did I. From such an exper…

These are a couple of shorter articles I found useful when getting started with PDO

Re-introducing PDO: the Right Way to Access Databases

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/why-you-should-be-using-phps-pdo-for-database-access--net-12059

PDO has many advantages beyond not being obsolete. You won’t look back.