HTML5 database connectivity

[z3r0aCc3Ss]

Can HTML5 connect to the database at the back-end? I highly doubt that.
Can we use JavaScript to do that? I think no, because it's a client side scripting language.
So, is there any other way to connect to the database using only HTML5?
I can connect using PHP/MySQL. But without that, is it possible?

Take a look at this. Its HTML5 + JavaScript for connecting to the database.

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8338116/using-javascript-in-an-html5-page-to-connect-to-an-sqlite-database

[ayu]

The code you linked to connects to a local sqlite database, which probably resides in an isolated environment.
I don't think you can use that code to connect to, for example, a remote MySQL database.

Take a look at this

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https://github.com/felixge/node-mysql

And do note that using code like this will have some security issues (the password is viewable by the client, for example).

[z3r0aCc3Ss]

Yeah, HTML5 works with local databases, i.e., local storage.
Well, I got my answer...

[CommonStray]

If your using PHP in the backend use AJAX techniques to send client side data to the server side asyncronously, make sure you filter and escape all data though.