24.4.11 PHP and MySQL database
24.4.11.1 PHP MySQL extension
The functions for processing MySQL data in PHP are developed and provided as extensions of PHP. The following extensions have been developed so far.
■ Original MySQL extension
This is an extension function that was originally developed to access MySQL data in PHP. It was originally developed with the assumption that it will be applied only to systems prior to MySQL version 4.1.3. It can be applied to later versions, but it can not fully utilize the functions of the latest MySQL server, and it will be discarded in the future.