MySQLi
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The MySQLi Extension (MySQL Improved) is a relational database driver used in the PHP scripting language to provide an interface with MySQL protocol compatible databases (MariaDB, MySQL, Percona Server, TiDB).
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- stackoverflow.com/tags/mysqli
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- www.php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php
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17 sectionsContents
- Technical details
- Comparison of features
- Usage
- Dual interface
- Connections
- Executing statements
- Buffered result sets
- Unbuffered result sets
- Result set values data types
- Prepared statements
- Stored procedures
- Multiple statements
- API support for transactions
- Metadata
- The MySQLi extension and persistent connections
- References
- Further reading
The MySQLi Extension (MySQL Improved) is a relational database driver used in the PHP scripting language to provide an interface with MySQL protocol compatible databases (MariaDB, MySQL, Percona Server, TiDB).
MySQLi is an improved version of the older PHP MySQL driver, offering various benefits. The authors of the PHP scripting language recommend using MySQLi when dealing with MySQL server versions 4.1.3 and newer, since it takes advantage of new functionality.