What are the advantages of using MySQLi over MySQL?

MySQLi is also known as MySQL improved Extension. It is a relational SQL database management system. It is often used inside PHP to provide an interface with the MySQL databases.

Some of the reasons why MySQLi is famous are as follows −

• MySQLi uses the standard form of the SQL language.

• MySQLi is free because it is released under an open source license.

• MySQLi can be easily used with PHP which is the most famous language for web development.

• MySQLi is a very powerful language that can handle the functionality of powerful database packages.

• MySQLi can work with multiple languages, such as C, C++, JAVA, PHP, etc.

MySQLi has many advantages over MySQL. Some of these are given as follows −

• MySQLi supports procedural interfaces and object-oriented interfaces, while MySQL does not.

Only procedural interfaces are supported.

• MySQLi supports stored procedure but MySQL does not.

• Enhanced security and improved debugging capabilities in MySQLi are important

comparatively lagging in MySQL.

• MySQLi supports prepared statements, but MySQL does not.

• Transactions are supported through API in MySQLi but they ae handled hrough queries

Only in SQL.

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