Detailed explanation of the use of Join in Mysql

root@host#mysql -u root -p password;
Enter password:*******
mysql> use RUNOOB;
Database changed
mysql> SELECT * FROM tcount_tbl;
+-----------------+----------------+
| runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-----------------+----------------+
| mahran | 20 |
| mahnaz | NULL |
| Jen | NULL |
| Gill | 20 |
| John Poul | 1 |
| Sanjay | 1 |
+-----------------+----------------+
6 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT * from runoob_tbl;
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_title | runoob_author | submission_date |
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1 | Learn PHP | John Poul | 2007-05-24 |
| 2 | Learn MySQL | Abdul S | 2007-05-24 |
| 3 | JAVA Tutorial | Sanjay | 2007-05-06 |
+-------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>

mysql> SELECT a.runoob_id, a.runoob_author, b.runoob_count
 -> FROM runoob_tbl a, tcount_tbl b
 -> WHERE a.runoob_author = b.runoob_author;
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| 1 | John Poul | 1 |
| 3 | Sanjay | 1 |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql>

<?php
$dbhost = 'localhost:3036';
$dbuser = 'root';
$dbpass = 'rootpassword';
$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
if(!$conn)
{
 die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
$sql = 'SELECT a.runoob_id, a.runoob_author, b.runoob_count
  FROM runoob_tbl a, tcount_tbl b
  WHERE a.runoob_author = b.runoob_author';
mysql_select_db('RUNOOB');
$retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn );
if(!$retval )
{
 die('Could not get data: ' . mysql_error());
}
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($retval, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
 echo "Author:{$row['runoob_author']} <br> ".
   "Count: {$row['runoob_count']} <br> ".
   "Tutorial ID: {$row['runoob_id']} <br> ".
   "--------------------------------<br>";
} 
echo "Fetched data successfully\n";
mysql_close($conn);
?>

root@host#mysql -u root -p password;
Enter password:*******
mysql> use RUNOOB;
Database changed
mysql> SELECT a.runoob_id, a.runoob_author, b.runoob_count
 -> FROM runoob_tbl a LEFT JOIN tcount_tbl b
 -> ON a.runoob_author = b.runoob_author;
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| runoob_id | runoob_author | runoob_count |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
| 1 | John Poul | 1 |
| 2 | Abdul S | NULL |
| 3 | Sanjay | 1 |
+-------------+-----------------+----------------+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)