| Re: cant use mysql_connect [message #179473 is a reply to message #179472] |
Wed, 31 October 2012 09:15   |
M. Strobel
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Am 31.10.2012 10:07, schrieb M. Strobel:
> Am 30.10.2012 22:58, schrieb Markus Grob:
>> Markus Grob wrote:
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>>> But if I now try to connect to the database, pypmyadmin tells me, that
>>> mysql can't be found: Cannot load mysql extension.
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>> I have read all the postings and now, I don't know, what I should do. I can rewrite
>> my code, to use the mysqlnd locally, but I don't know, if normal webservers could use
>> the new code. Will this normally be? How can I find it out?
>>
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> Trying to sum up the driver thing, see
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php
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> * mysql is an old driver and old API, not recommended
> * mysqli is the newer API, with the same design as mysql. Can use mysqlnd
> * PDO is the unified and object oriented API. Can use mysqlnd, recommended
> * mysqlnd is not an API, only a driver lib
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> So your programmer's choice is between mysqli and PDO. A webspace provider only
> offering the mysql API should not exist anymore.
>
Addition: changing the interface from mysql to mysqli is normally only a matter of
adding the i ...
/Str.
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