Title: Implement non-PHP MySQL database into WordPress website?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Implement non-PHP MySQL database into WordPress website?

 *  [as9934](https://wordpress.org/support/users/as9934/)
 * (@as9934)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implement-non-php-mysql-database-into-wordpress-website/)
 * My dad runs a small internet service company and would like to redesign his website.
   I told him I could redesign it in WordPress because I have some knowledge of 
   wordpress from running the website for my school’s newspaper. The big problem
   is we can’t start the creation of the website until we find a way to implement
   his existing Python and Paearl based MySQL database running on linux of customers
   into the site. I have absolutely zero knowledge of this subject so I’m turning
   to you guys (the experts) for advice. So…
 * 1. How do we integrate the database into the website? Is there a plugin we can
   use? Can we build it into a embed code and just put it on a page?
 * 2. Is there a specific theme or theme type we should use to design the site around
   this database?
 * 3. Can we even use this database? My dad has thought about migrating it to QuickBooks
   Online; Would that be a better platform to build into the site?
 * 4. How long will this take to implement?

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 *  [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/implement-non-php-mysql-database-into-wordpress-website/#post-6272855)
 * 1a. It doesn’t matter which language is used to access the database, as long 
   as the queries are MySQL.
 * 1b. You’ll need to write the plugin yourself since it will be custom to a particular
   database.
 * 1c. That might work but would probably look ugly, and the site will probably 
   be sluggish.
 * 2. The theme should be the last thing to worry about. Getting the customer database
   in order is much more important.
 * 3a. See 1a.
 * 3b. Depends on whether your dad values functionality (QuickBooks) over appearance(
   WordPress). (Yes, I know that’s a blasphemous statement to make here, but WordPress
   is often not the best solution for a website.)
 * 4. You seem to think this will be a turnkey project with WordPress; it will not.
   If you go the WordPress route, your dad will most likely need to hire someone
   to write a custom plugin (maybe two) and to heavily modify a theme.
 * If QuickBooks could work for your dad, he should probably try that first. If 
   that doesn’t work out, then you can persuade him to go the WordPress route.

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