Read on to learn about how to connect PHP with a MySQL database using different methods, including mysqli, PDO, and dbForge for MySQL.

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Cloud-based database hosting seems to be an extremely viable solution for modern apps. After all, the entire management-and-maintenance thing is relegated to the hosting provider, scalability is not an issue, and you are free to focus on product development as you see fit.

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MySQL system variables configure the server's operation, and the SET statement is used to change system variable. The MySQL SET statements have various options for specifying changes to SYSTEM VARIABLE. It’s important to understand how these changes are reflected in current sessions (connections), later sessions, and after database server restarts.

Introduction # In this blog post, we will discuss an example of a change to the Vitess query planner and how it enhances the optimization process. The new model focuses on making every step in the optimization pipeline a runnable plan. This approach offers several benefits, including simpler understanding and reasoning, ease of testing, and the ability to use arbitrary expressions in ordering, grouping, and aggregations. Vitess distributed query planner # VTGate is the proxy component of Vitess.

WePay, the integrated payments arm of JPMorgan Chase, has taken significant strides to enhance its database infrastructure by upgrading to MySQL Enterprise Edition. For businesses looking to optimize their payment infrastructure, the journey of WePay serves as an insightful case study on leveraging advanced database solutions for maximum uptime and security.

We already have blog posts about Dual Password in MySQL from Brian Sumpter – Using MySQL 8 Dual Passwords, and from Marco Tusa – MySQL Dual Passwords – How To Manage Them Programmatically Let’s skip the details about dual passwords and focus on tracking password usage. How can we be sure that we are using […]

MySQL 8.3 introduced a new JSON format for EXPLAIN reflecting how the execution plan actually is built, allowing for programmatic analysis of plans and executions.

We have documented streaming replication, and we have also mentioned how you can use streaming replication, and we also once did a webinar with recording on it, and we wrote a very in-depth blog post on how to use streaming replication to manage large transactions with Galera Cluster.

However, we had a question recently about streaming replication around the usage of wsrep_trx_fragment_unit and wsrep_trx_fragment_size (also, well …

How using SET ROLE can be used to define a “Least Privilege” model for accessing database objects based on a user’s current task.

As announced yesterday, the MySQL Devroom is back at FOSDEM! For people preparing for their travel to Belgium, we want to announce that the MySQL Belgian Days fringe event will be held on the Thursday and Friday before FOSDEM. This event will take place on January 30th and 31st, 2025, in Brussels at the usual […]