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which is better to use Mysql or Mysqli and in what conditions? I want to start a project that requires a database just wanted to know which of the two is better
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Always use mysqli, the original mysql extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5 (manual)
MySQLi =>MySQL Improved With the Improved Suffix alone, you can guess which should be better using common sense. For more information Read Up