The main reasons are possibly later on its drawbacks - basically, its main attraction is the ease of use, as it's so simple! MySQL and PHP fit together so well and for people just learning scripting with databases, there's not much that's as easy to pick up quickly and produce basic database driven websites with. Obviously due to this, it's actually got no massive depth in terms of stored procedures (you can't), and won't be as effective or useful for running massive, complex sites that attract millions of visitors (something like SQL server would probably be better) but for most websites, it's free, it's easy, and it does the job!
-----Original Message----- From: søren eriksen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 20:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Why use MySQL with PHP Hi everybody I'm writing a synopsis about PHP and mySQL. I'm hoping someone can help me, and tell me why the combination og PHP and MySQL is so common. What makes MySQL such a good choice when using PHP? What seperates MySQL from others dbms? -Søren Eriksen- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 01/11/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 01/11/01 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
