Created README

Author: mattjudge

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# PHP-MATLAB-SQL-bridge
+A tool for allowing MATLAB scripts to communicate with an SQL database via PHP (using JSON)
+
+This is a tool for development purposes only! It should ideally only be used on the local machine which hosts the SQL database. If that's not possible, SSL *must* be implemented, since database credentials are sent in the query string as GET parameters to the PHP script.
+
+
+This tool is to allow MATLAB scripts to communicate with SQL databases via a PHP script. This is occasionally neccessary in development, if you do not have access to the MATLAB [Database Toolbox](https://www.mathworks.com/products/database.html). Obviously, the Database Toolbox should be used in preference to this tool if available.
+
+## To Install
+
+- Copy the PHP script to a locally accessible web directory, ensuring all neccessary requirements are implemented for PHP excecution (e.g. under an Apache server).
+- Edit `dbquery.m` with the correct url to the PHP script, and database credentials
+- Any SQL statements can be executed using the `dbquery` function in MATLAB, e.g. `data = dbquery('SELECT * FROM mytable')`
+
+
+
+## Available under the MIT license.
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Matt Judge
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.