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From: "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee>
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Subject: Re: Prep. Statements only in mysql-i?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:28:13 +0200
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Am 12.04.2012 19:16, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
> On 4/12/2012 11:22 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>> Am 12.04.2012 13:51, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>> On 4/12/2012 6:33 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>>> Am 12.04.2012 00:42, schrieb Alexandra Herzog:
>>>>
>>>>>    but my hoster only offers mysql
>>>>
>>>> It makes me angry to hear this. The mysql drivers were outdated long before the
>>>> makers stopped supporting it in 2006.
>>>>
>>>> /Str.
>>>
>>> MySQL not supported?  Who says?  It's the most commonly used database on the web.
>>> PostgreSQL and others are way behind in popularity (although I won't get into an
>>> argument as to which is "better").
>>>
>>> Or if you mean the mysql interface vs. mysqli, who says it isn't supported?
>>
>> mysql interface vs. mysqli. I know the first is old and slower, and the support info
>> I just read at  http://www.radicore.org/radicore-for-php.php
>>
>> /Str.
>>
> 
> And how do you "know" that?  Both end up as calls to mysql_xxxx C functions.  The
> mysql_xxx calls in PHP are just wrappers to the C functions.  The mysqli_xxx calls
> have to do a lot more work before calling the appropriate mysql_xxx C functions.
> 
> If the mysqli_xxx calls have to do more work before calling the same functions, how
> can they be faster?

I admit my arguments are a bit sloppy, one could go more into depth.

But true is that mysqli is strongly recommended for MySQL versions 4.1.3 or later,
see http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php

And I can't understand why the mysql interface is still advocated by some. Look at
the old mysql password format, ridiculous.

/Str.