Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.0 |
The MySQL Native Driver was added, with support for all MySQL
extensions (i.e., mysql, mysqli and PDO_MYSQL). Passing in
mysqlnd to the appropriate configure switch
enables this support.
|
| 5.4.0 |
The MySQL Native Driver is now the default for all MySQL
extensions (i.e., mysql, mysqli and PDO_MYSQL). Passing
in mysqlnd to configure is now optional.
|
| 5.5.0 | SHA-256 Authentication Plugin support was added |
Installation on Unix
The MySQL database extensions must be configured to use the MySQL Client Library. In order to use the MySQL Native Driver, PHP needs to be built specifying that the MySQL database extensions are compiled with MySQL Native Driver support. This is done through configuration options prior to building the PHP source code.
For example, to build the MySQL extension, mysqli
and PDO MYSQL using the MySQL Native Driver, the following command
would be given:
./configure --with-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-mysqli=mysqlnd \ --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \ [other options]
Installation on Windows
In the official PHP Windows distributions from 5.3 onwards, MySQL Native Driver is enabled by default, so no additional configuration is required to use it. All MySQL database extensions will use MySQL Native Driver in this case.
SHA-256 Authentication Plugin support
The MySQL Native Driver requires the OpenSSL functionality of PHP to be loaded and enabled to connect to MySQL through accounts that use the MySQL SHA-256 Authentication Plugin. For example, PHP could be configured using:
./configure --with-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-mysqli=mysqlnd \ --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-openssl [other options]