TO Ensure we are able to dynamically call Selects inserts updates and Deletes from functions, see below on one method on how to do it via PHP to MySQL

<?php
//config.php
//echo "hit config 1 <br/>";

function OpenCon()
{
$isLocal = 0;

if($isLocal ==0)
{
$dbhost = "[IP]"; 
$dbuname = "[user name]"; 
$dbpass = "[password]"; 
$dbname = "[database]"; 
$port = "3306";
$charset = 'utf8mb4';
}else{
$dbhost = "localhost"; //need to change this to the eventual remote IP
$dbuname = "[user name]"; 
$dbpass = "[password]"; 
$dbname = "[database]"; 
$port = "3306";
$charset = 'utf8mb4';
}

$conn = mysqli_connect($dbhost, $dbuname, $dbpass,$dbname);
//echo "<br/>$dbhost, $dbuname, $dbpass,$dbname<br/>";
return $conn;

}

function CloseCon($conn)
{
//$conn -> close();
mysqli_close($conn);
}

function SelectCon($queryMe){
$conn = OpenCon();

if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}

$result = mysqli_query($conn, $queryMe);// or trigger_error(mysqli_error()); 

return $result;
}

function InsertCon($insertMe){
$conn = OpenCon();
/*
echo "<br/>";
echo $insertMe;
echo "<br/>";
*/
if (!$conn) {
echo "<br/>connection failed<br/>";
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}elseif($conn){
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $insertMe);

if($result) {
echo "Records inserted successfully.";
} else{
echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($conn);
CloseCon($conn);
return false;
}
}else{
echo "conn fail success not ran";
}
global $last_id;
$last_id = mysqli_insert_id($conn);
CloseCon($conn);

return true;
}

function UpdateCon($updateMe){
$conn = OpenCon();

if (!$conn) {
echo "<br/>connection failed<br/>";
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}elseif($conn){
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $updateMe);

if($result) {
echo "Records updated successfully.";
} else{
echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($conn);
CloseCon($conn);
return false;
}
}else{
echo "conn fail success not ran";
}

CloseCon($conn);

return true;
}

function DeleteCon($deleteMe){
$conn = OpenCon();

if (!$conn) {
echo "<br/>connection failed<br/>";
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}elseif($conn){
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $deleteMe);

if($result) {
echo "Records deleted successfully.";
} else{
echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($conn);
CloseCon($conn);
return false;
}
}else{
echo "conn fail success not ran";
}

CloseCon($conn);

return true;
}
?>