Re: [Postfixadmin-devel] What is the difference between mysql and mysqli in the DB type config option?

[Christian B. <pos...@cb...>]

Hello,

Am Dienstag, 10. April 2012 schrieb Tanstaafl:
> Subject is the question...
> 
> When/why should is use one or the other?

Well, the difference is that with "mysql" the mysql_* PHP functions will 
be used, and with "mysqli" the mysqli_* functions ;-)

The PHP documentation contains lots of details what the difference 
between those functions is, but it comes down to this summary (from 
php.net/manual/de/mysqli.overview.php )

    If you are using MySQL versions 4.1.3 or later it is strongly 
    recommended that you use the mysqli extension

For postfixadmin, the difference isn't too big because we only use some 
basic functions, so you probably won't notice a difference between 
"mysql" and "mysqli". Nevertheless I'd recommend "mysqli" unless you 
have a very old MySQL version.


Regards,

Christian Boltz
-- 
> kennt jemand einen schönen WYSIWYG Editor für SuSE 9.0??
Klar, NEdit natürlich. Damit bekomme ich immer genau die Quelltexte,
die ich vorher sehe. [> Stefan Eggert und Thorsten Haude in suse-linux]