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The MySQLi Extension (MySQL Improved) is a relational database driver used in the PHP programming language to provide an interface with MySQL databases. MySQLi is an improved version of the older PHP MySQL driver, offering various benefits[1]. The developers of the PHP programming language recommend using MySQLi when dealing with MySQL server versions 4.1.3 or later[1].

Technical details

The MySQLi extension provides various benefits with respect to its predecessor, the most prominent of which are (according to [1]):

  • An object-oriented interface
  • Support for prepared statements
  • Support for multiple statements
  • Support for transactions
  • Enhanced debugging support
  • Embedded server support

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php

Further reading

MySQLi documentation on PHP.net

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