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title: "Explain the difference between mysql and mysqli interfaces in PHP?"  
description: "Explain the difference between mysql and mysqli interfaces in PHP?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-04-23  
updated: 2020-09-16  
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category: "mysql"  
tags: ["mysql"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain the difference between mysql and mysqli interfaces in PHP?

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## Difference between mysql and mysqli interfaces in PHP

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Mysqli is the object-oriented version of mysql library functions.\
**Key benefits of mysqli over mysql extension**\
Object-oriented interface. \
Prepared Statements. \
Multiple Statements.\
Support for Transactions. \
Enhanced debugging capabilities.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

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## Difference between mysql and mysqli interfaces in PHP

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Mysqli is the object-oriented version of mysql library functions.\
**Key benefits of mysqli over mysql extension**\
Object-oriented interface. \
Prepared Statements. \
Multiple Statements.\
Support for Transactions. \
Enhanced debugging capabilities.


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