As I'm transitioning all of my PHP to use MySQLi instead of MySQL (mainly so that I can update to PHP 7.x), I realize that I can't find anything for Perl to use MySQLi.
I'm currently using the DBI module to access MySQL:
[
metacpan.org
...]
Is there an option to change it to MySQLi? Either way, is there any real advantage in doing so? I have to assume that there is since PHP 7.x is forcing my to rewrite everything to switch... surely it's not arbitrary?
Hello,
As mentioned by @dimitri , MySQLi is just a library for PHP, it replaces the previous MySQL PHP library because it's "improved" (the "i"), so PHP depreciated the former MySQL PHP library.
That being said, if you are in a process of rewriting / reviewing your code , you should use the PHP PDO class [
php.net
...] , this is safer and more future proof . The PDO class provides a series of function to do any kind of DB manipulations, and it independent from the DB engine. So , for example, if one day, you decided to switch from MySQL to another DB engine, you'll be able to keep your code, and just change the db engine, when you create the PDO object.
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