Php Mysqli Extension Is Missing Windows Update

Supports MySQL using a PHP extension. Thousands or millions projects have been written worldwide using PHP and MySQL. PHP team announced plans to deprecate in. Old MySQL extension since PHP 5.5.0 in late 2012 and it will be removed in the future. The alternatives since PHP 5 and later are ('i' stands from 'improved') and (PHP Data Objects). Everyone can understand that is not so easy to immediately migrate old projects.

However, the old extension must not be used anymore in new development. Old extension didn't support Prepared Statements. Both MySQLi and PDO are object oriented and do support Prepared Statements (also support Transactions, Stored Procedures and more). Prepared Statements are very important for web application security, as they protect from SQL injection. Using Prepared Statements you do not have to escape strings before insert them in Database. Moreover, PDO offers support for many databases (not only MySQL). So, the question is 'Which Should I Use?

Mysql_query() sends a unique query (multiple queries are not supported) to the currently active database on the server that's associated with the specified link. I installed apache2 and php in /usr/local by compiling files. Phpmyadmin: The mysqli extension is missing. The mysqli extension is missing.

MySQLi or PDO?' A short answer would be 'whatever you like'. Free Download Spider Man 2 Game For Pc. Personally, I prefer MySQLi. Free Download Video Goyang Cesar Oplosan.

I could select PDO if 'multiple database support' was included in project requirements (however, in this case could also be an alternative). Below I describe the common use of MySQLi in php development with database (it can be also used with, an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL).