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From "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee>
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Subject Re: cant use mysql_connect
Date Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:15:08 +0100
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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:
>>
>>> But if I now try to connect to the database, pypmyadmin tells me, that
>>> mysql can't be found: Cannot load mysql extension.
>>
>> 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?
>>
> 
> Trying to sum up the driver thing, see
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php
> 
> * 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
> 
> 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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cant use mysql_connect Markus Grob <snoopy@ilnet.ch> - 2012-10-28 17:30 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-28 17:44 +0100
    Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-29 04:16 +0100
      Re: cant use mysql_connect "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-29 07:34 +0100
        Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-29 14:23 +0100
      Re: cant use mysql_connect The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-29 11:24 +0000
  Re: cant use mysql_connect Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-10-28 17:51 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-28 20:21 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-29 07:39 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect Markus Grob <snoopy@ilnet.ch> - 2012-10-30 22:58 +0100
    Re: cant use mysql_connect Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-10-30 19:18 -0400
    Re: cant use mysql_connect "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-31 10:07 +0100
      Re: cant use mysql_connect "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-31 10:15 +0100
    Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-01 00:56 +0100

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