Lesson 24. Using MariaDB with PHP

In this lesson, you learn how to communicate with a MariaDB database from a PHP script.

PHP actually has two different APIs for MariaDB, both of which are covered in this chapter. The first, mysql, is the classic set of functions that are available in all versions of PHP.

The new interface is mysqli, which stands for MariaDB Improved. It is available only in PHP version 5 and works only with MariaDB version 4.1 and higher. The mysqli interface can be used through a set of functions or in an object-oriented manner, to fit the improved OO capabilities of PHP 5.