Using the mysqli API
To check whether your version of PHP includes mysqli support, run the phpinfo() command and look for a section headed MySQLi Support.
MySQLi Support
| At compile time, MySQLi support is enabled by using the --with-mysqli configure switch. You might need to supply the path to the mysql_config utility, as in --with-mysqi=/usr/bin/mysql_config. |
The MySQLi API can be used both procedurally and in an object-oriented manner. The procedural interface is very similar to the classic mysql API—for instance, it uses functions such as mysqli_query() and mysqli_fetch_row(). Therefore, in this section, you learn how to use MySQLi with objects. ...
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