<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER by ID DESC LIMIT 50,5";

if ($result = $mysqli->query($query)) {

/* fetch object array */
while ($row = $result->fetch_row()) {
printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
}

/* free result set */
$result->close();
}

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();