MySQLi extension (the "i" stands for improved) PDO (PHP Data Objects) Earlier versions of PHP used the MySQL extension. However, this extension was deprecated in 2012. PDO will work on 12 different ...

Connecting to MySQL To access a MySQL database, a connection must be established. Below are three ways to connect using MySQLi (object-oriented and procedural) and PDO.

In-Depth Access MySQL Database With PHP Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database. By Deepak Vohra 06/20/2007 T he MySQL database is the most commonly used open source ...

To connect to a database in PHP, you use the connect function from the module that is specific to your database brand. For example, to connect to a MySQL database located on your Web server, you ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of connecting the DBeaver GUI tool to a remote MySQL server.