You cannot directly connect HTML to a database. Instead, you need to use a server-side language such as PHP. To accomplish this, you must embed the PHP code within your HTML file. The PHP code then establishes a connection to the database and retrieves data. Finally, the PHP generates HTML output, which is then rendered in the user's browser. This process allows for dynamic web pages that can display and manipulate data from the database.
Checkout the following tutorial to see how this works: Part 1: Building Basic CRUD Functionality
