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Overview of the MySQL PHP drivers

Introduction

There are several PHP APIs for accessing the MySQL database. Users can choose between the mysqli or PDO_MySQL extensions.

This guide explains the terminology used to describe each API, information about choosing which API to use, and also information to help choose which MySQL library to use with the API.