Title: Plugin to read a database file
Last modified: January 20, 2018

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# Plugin to read a database file

 *  [PareStrano.it](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funesto/)
 * (@funesto)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-read-a-database-file/)
 * Hello!
    I’d need a plugin that would read (and query?) an external database file.
   Nothing related to WordPress and its own database.
 * I have an external database in an online directory (json, csv, it does not matter
   to me) and I’d like that users on my website could consult it.
 * Of course I did some search on the internet but it’s an ambiguous search, and
   I just found plug-ins who interact with my wordpress own database installation.
 * Please, do you know if there is something for what I need?
 * Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-to-read-a-database-file%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-read-a-database-file/#post-9888504)
 * I have developed website applications like this. In my case the data was stored
   in a set of tables that were distinct to my application. All of my code was in
   a plugin, it registered some shortcodes which let me put the combined query form
   and results display table into a website page.
 * Details on shortcodes here: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API](https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API)
   
   I searched the plugins and found this one very helpful: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/)
   It showed me the basic technique of using HTML forms amd mySQL etc. What is very
   important is to use prepare to prevent hostile website users from disrupting 
   your website.

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 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [reading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/reading/)

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-read-a-database-file/#post-9888504)
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