We asked two open-source experts to identify reasons IT managers should—and shouldn't—reach for MySQL. Here's why and when to give it the thumbs down.

MySQL is easier to learn and to use, compared to other databases. You don’t have to spend as much time and money either training existing staff, or hiring developers with fancy certifications.

To connect to a database in PHP, you use the connect function from the module that is specific to your database brand. For example, to connect to a MySQL database located on your Web server, you ...

Is Mysql For Data Analysis? Application data, including data from web applications, can be stored in MySQL. In addition, MySQL is recommended if you need to store data across multiple tables in a ...

In-Depth. Access MySQL Database With PHP. Use the PHP extension for MySQL to access data from the MySQL database. By Deepak Vohra; 06/20/2007; T he MySQL database is the most commonly used open source ...

Exit from the MySQL shell with the command exit and you’re ready to use your containerized MySQL database. Welcome to the simplicity of containers And that’s all there is to setting up a MySQL ...

Also, I use MariaDB instead of MySQL in my examples, because that's what I have installed, and because I like the improvements MariaDB includes in both the command-line client and in the database ...